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The Book Report: Mike Isaac’s “Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber”
John Paul Rollert talks with New York Times reporter Mike Isaac about the details of Uber’s culture and rapid success.
Will app-based employment make workers easier to manipulate?
Chicago Booth’s John Paul Rollert considers whether contemporary companies can combine behavioral insights with enormous amounts of data to more effectively guide the actions of their labor forces.
How should you manage a global team?
Chicago Booth’s Reid Hastie, Kristen Castillo of AbbVie, Pedro de Andrade Faria of Tarpon Investimentos, and Parexel’s Chris Baker discuss the challenges of leading employees across international boundaries.
Secrets of wait loss
As life moves faster, everyone’s patience is wearing thin. Who gets to the head of the line quickest?
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The populism puzzle
What caused the uprising that has transformed global politics?
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Could anything unite the United States?
Cultural and political divisions have persisted for decades. Now there’s a growing gap in how Americans see each other.
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How racial bias infected a major health-care algorithm
A design decision resulted in significant disparity in who was identified for enrollment in a care-management program.
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Retailers underestimate the power of a penny in pricing
Many companies don’t recognize the potency of customers’ “left-digit bias.”
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States are already paying for unfunded pensions
Large, unfunded state pension liabilities are a costly problem—and the cost is already reflected in current bond prices.
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Is there a culture problem among startups?
Chicago Booth’s Steve Kaplan and Starr Marcello are joined by New York Times reporter Mike Isaac to discuss the role of corporate governance in entrepreneurship.