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Family, Leadership, Management, Research Findings
Do CEO’s matter? How do family deaths impact them?
Using a unique dataset from Denmark, Professor Daniel Wolfenzon and colleagues find that CEO and family deaths are strongly correlated with declines in firm operating profitability, investment and sales growth.
Consulting, Family, Management, Research Findings
How do equal opportunity and family-friendly policies impact women in the labor market?
Although the gender wage gap in the U.S. has narrowed, women’s career trajectories diverge from men’s after the birth of children, suggesting a potential role for family-friendly policies.
Family, Research Findings
What happens when spouses have different approaches to spending and saving?
Professor Michaela Pagel and colleague document how a spouse who spends more of his or her share of income increases overall household spending.
Family, Research Findings
How do emotions travel in groups?
Professor Adam Galinsky and co-authors explore whether emotions intensify among people in groups in “Feeling more together: Group attention intensifies emotion.”
Family, Family Voices
Fact Meets Fiction: A Conversation with Kevin Kwan
Kevin Kwan spoke to MBA students about the themes of his novels and his own path to becoming a world-renowned author.