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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.

  Organizational Behaviour

A tale of two generations: a time-lag study of career expectations

Ayoobzadeh, M., Schweitzer, L., Lyons, S. and Ng, E.
Personnel Review (2024)

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  Operations Management & Technology

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)

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  Accounting

Nonprofessional Investor Judgments: Linking Dependent Measures to Constructs

Asay, H.S., Hales, J., Hinds, C., and Rupar, K.
The Accounting Review (2023)

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  International Business

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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