Economics & Finance
By J Katherine Bahr Public universities in the United States are facing a stark financial future. Enrollment is dropping at record rates. State funding decreased dramatically in the last decade. Student…
Read MoreBy Sarah SteimerA period of unemployment may seem like the perfect time to experiment with starting a new business — but unemployment insurance (UI) benefits may actually deter people from…
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By Yan “Anthea” Zhang (Rice University), Jin Chen (University of Nottingham Ningbo China), Haiyang Li (Rice University), Jing Jin (University of International Business and Economics, China) In a mature stock…
Read MoreBy Yan “Anthea” Zhang, Zhuo Chen and Yuandi Wang Patents are important assets to many firms. Firms can not only use patents to protect their new inventions, but also can secure…
Read MoreBy Haram Seo, Jiao Luo, and Aseem Kaul. “Jack of all trades”, the saying goes, “is a master of none”. Yet when it comes to corporate philanthropy, being a jack…
Read Moreby Regan Stevenson, Alex Kier and Shannon Taylor As the economy looks to recover from a once in a century pandemic, small business grant funding has become a hot topic…
Read Moreby Shyam Kumar Nearly 11% of large public firms in the United States are led by CEOs who are also their original founders. Give the sizeable proportion, not surprisingly, firms…
Read Moreby Kim Marie Bischoff Have you ever thought about starting your own business? If yes, have you thought about money that you need for the business? Have you maybe even…
Read MoreEstablished corporations, such as Intel, Amazon, Google, or Johnson & Johnson, have played a pivotal role in startup fundraising in recent decades. Despite the surge in the volume of CVC…
Read MoreBy Paul P. Momtaz (momtaz@ucla.edu) based on https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smj.3235 Why are CEOs coached for many hours in preparation for important public announcements, such as their presentations at annual meetings? The extensive preparation…
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