Latest Research
Smith faculty and graduate students advance management and society through exceptional research. They collaborate with scholars worldwide, publish in leading journals, and inspire each other to explore new lines of enquiry.
Research in Brief
Access insights and key takeaways from research published by Smith Business faculty.
Shifting Career Expectations: A Tale of Two Generations
Eddy Ng
When it comes to job-market expectations, Millennial and Gen Z workers have different wants and needs.
The Marketplace of Existential Authenticity
Jay Handelman & Tandy Thomas
SMIs challenge traditional views that position the marketplace as a threat to authenticity.
How Bias Blocks Women's Finance Careers
Blake Steenhoven
Exploring the impact of ingrained gender stereotypes and role behaviour expectations on performance reviews.
The Hidden Forces Behind Family Firms
Sarah Burrows
Understanding how family dynamics influence the willingness to pursue entrepreneurship.
Racial Awareness is Reshaping Consumer Spending
Ekin Ok
How ordinary buying decisions are being used as tools for racial and social advocacy.
The Impact of Nudging
Assistant Professor of Marketing, Nicole Robitaille, unpacks the use of nudging in marketing and illustrates how, when done correctly, it can have a profound impact on society.
Publications
Smith faculty publish in the top international business journals. Explore some of our recent publications.
A tale of two generations: a time-lag study of career expectations
Ayoobzadeh, M., Schweitzer, L., Lyons, S. and Ng, E.
Personnel Review (2024)
To hinder or to facilitate: Retailer's strategy of consumer information sharing and target segment
Kong, G., Li, G., and Ma, B.
Production and Operations Management (2024)
Nonprofessional Investor Judgments: Linking Dependent Measures to Constructs
Asay, H.S., Hales, J., Hinds, C., and Rupar, K.
The Accounting Review (2023)
Global cities, the liability of foreignness, and theory on place and space in international business
Goerzen, A., Asmussen, C., Nielsen, B.
Journal of International Business Studies (2023)
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