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Selected Articles from Ross Thought in Action
Ross Thought in Action provides content for business leaders, thought leaders, and the media. Ross Thought in Action focuses on research that is clearly applicable to organizations and on compelling editorial features about faculty and ideas. This archive provides links to print, video, and audio that explores the intellectual capital generated at the Ross School of Business.

 

Accounting

Accounting Standards: To Merge or Not To Merge
Investor Relations Atwitter over New Technologies
Readability of Annual Reports Affects Accuracy of Analyst Forecasts
Should Managers Provide Forecasts of Earnings?
Twitter Helps Smaller Firms Level the Information Playing Field
Valuing Toxic Assets

Business Administration

CEOs with Close Ties to Top Executives More Likely to Commit Fraud
Professor Robert Kennedy summarizes his case study on Jordan-based shipper Aramex in the Financial Times

Business Economics & Public Policy

Acting on the New Healthcare Act
Buffett Rule Opens Much-Needed Dialogue
Patent Case Draws Concern
A Notch Above: Automakers Manipulate Fuel Economy
SMART Ideas for Urban Transport
The ABCs of the VAT
The Tire Tariff: A New Trade Dispute? :: Audio
Eastern Europe: Privatization Laboratory
Government Motors? :: Video
The New Healthcare Prescription :: Video
Running on Empty :: Video
Policy Responses to the Economic Crisis :: Video
The Fraying of Free Trade
More Risk than Reward
Emerging from the Economic Abyss
The Road to Economic Recovery :: Audio
New Wrinkles Could Complicate U.S.-China Relations
Tax Rebates Not a Quick Fix for the Economy
Rewarding Altruism: Can It Be Effective?
Automakers Put the Pedal to the Metal
Diagnosis: McCain’s Healthcare Plan Critical
Election Balance Sheet :: Video 

Emerging Markets

What Small Companies Can Learn from Emerging Markets
The New Global Challengers
Ganging Up On Poverty
Rethink or Reset: Building Fortune with the Base of the Pyramid
Moving Beyond the Moving Anecdote

Entrepreneurship

Professor Peter Adriaens and Zell Lurie Institute managing director Tim Faley call for stronger entrepreneurial education in the Financial Times
Professor Tom Kinnear blogs on new venture valuation for the Wall Street Journal
No Phone? No Worries. Innovation in the Cloud Transcends IT
Shedding the New Venture Mystique

Finance

Are Taxpayers Still on the Hook in the General Motors Deal?
Fiscal Cliff? More Like a Fiscal Mountain
Growing LIBOR Scandal Exposes Flaws
Facebook's IPO Flop
JPMorgan Chase's $2 Billion Blunder
A Free Lunch in a Perfect Storm
Investing in Impact: Making the Case for Patient Capitals
Bailed-Out Banks Issued Riskier Loans
Study Debunks Common Wisdom on Going Private
Standard and Poor's Shot Across the Bow
Study Debunks Common Wisdom on Going Private
Berkshire Hathaway and Why We Have Insider Trading Laws
Is There a Profit Opportunity in the Japanese Stock Markets?
Berkshire Hathaway and Why We Have Insider Trading Laws
Experts on Wall Street Face Scrutiny
New Bank Taxes Won't Necessarily Prevent Another Crisis
 Don't Leave Finance to the Experts
 Implementing Open-Book Finance
Panic on Wall Street
Goldman Versus the SEC
Companies Show Clever Currency Moves
Taking it to the Banks :: Video
Pecking Over Finance
What Role Did Individual Investors Play in the Economic Meltdown? :: Audio
Financial Market Makeover :: Video
Are Taxpayers on the Hook in GM Deal?
Bad Loans, Suffering Banks
Portfolio Society :: Video
Subprime Mortgage Crisis: Failure to Predict Failure
Repercussions of Global Economic Crisis in Europe:: Audio
Banks of America? Nationalization Gains Momentum :: Video
Mad About Madoff
The Quiet Consolidation
Anatomy of an Economic Meltdown :: Video
Insider Trading: Another Glass Ceiling?
Congress Passes Bailout: Now What? :: Audio
A History of Financial Bailouts
Nightmare on Wall Street, Part 2 :: Audio
Why the U.S. Took Control of Fannie and Freddie
Mortgage Crisis: Blame the Banks?

Global Sustainability

Clean Up Clean Tech Funding
The Emperor's Used Clothes
Breaking Through on Climate Change :: Video
Have a Coke and a Controversy
Have We Changed Our Ways After the BP Oil Spill?
Corporate Social Responsibility: Boon or Boondoggle?
Charging into a New Market
BP's Fallout: Where to from Here? :: Audio
A Look at Low-Carbon Technologies in the Midwest :: Video
Can Multiple Eco-Labels on a Product Harm the Environment?

Law, History, and Communications
Do Corporate Monitors Challenge the Status Quo?
Patent Case Draws Concern
Law: The Hidden Competitive Advantage
Will New Guidelines on Waiving Attorney-Client Privilege Change Practice?
Workplace Benefits Relieve Stress, Improve Bottom Line
Award Winner Hess Discusses Current Research

Management and Organizations

Managing for the Unexpected
 Professor Sue Ashford weighs in on Yahoo's work-from-home reversal for the New York Times
 Why (In)Justice in the Workplace Matters
 Corporations Favor Elite Nonprofits
 Creative Destruction and the Locavore Movement
 Virtuousness and Performance: A Productive Partnership :: White Paper
 A Playbook for Intuition
 Leadership Lessons from the Top
 Stockholders Vote GOP Regardless of Market Performance
 Positive Leadership in Action: Applications of POS by Jim Mallozzi, CEO, Prudential Real Estate and Relocation
 Got Creative Block? Get Out of Your Office and Go for a Walk
Being Happy at Work is Nice, But Thriving is Better and More Productive
Negotiating for Positive Results
Crisis Management and Recovery at News Corp.
Team Leadership: Don't Wing It
Leadership Learning Curve
Making the Case for Crisis Management
Many Values Unite Americans, Despite Divisions
Putting the Why in Work
Make Time for a Leadership Check-in
Managing the Unexpected
Board Control Often is an Illusion
Writing Your Own Ticket
What Doesn’t Kill you Makes You Stronger :: Video
Women on Board: Does Forced Diversity Hurt Firm Performance?
How to Rethink HR Strategy from the Outside In
Innovate Now: Lean Times Can Be Best Times
General Motors' Quick Exit from Chapter 11 - Now What? :: Audio
A New Chapter for General Motors
Better Management Through Better HR
Do CEOs Matters?
High Morale in Low Times :: Audio
Power Trip: CEOs and Firm Performance
Overwhelmed, Overloaded
Sick CEO? Succession Plans a Must
More Competitors = Less Competition
CEOs on the Hot Seat :: Audio
Identity Politics: Race, Gender, and Voting
Values and Voting :: Audio

Marketing

Feeling Down? Retail Therapy Helps Beat the Blues
 Beliefs on Weight Loss Can Torpedo New Year's Resolutions
 Understanding Across the Political Divide
Mind Over Marketing
Social Networks To Social Dollars
Consumers Mistake Fair-Trade Foods for Lower-Calorie
 Armchair Quarterbacking the Super Bowl Ads :: Video
Why Did Borders Fail? :: Podcast
Consumers Beware: In Reality, Luxury Cars Don't Make Us Feel Better
Good News Can Inspire Good Behavior
Cause Marketing Lowers Charitable Donations
Figuring Out the Aging Consumer
Guiltless Gluttony
Twitter Helps Small Firms Level Information Playing Field
Think Before You Drink During Job Interviews
BP's Fallout: Where to from Here? :: Audio
Filling the Context Gap
Recession 101: Marketing Dos and Don'ts
Location, Location, Location
Can Companies Really Predict What We Like Online?
Three Ways to Leverage Social Media
The Sense(s) and Sensibilities of Marketing
Public Sneezes, Private Fears
Fatal (Fiscal) Attraction :: Video
Building Israel's Brand
Blogs Can Help Predict Product Sales
Detroit Responds: Customer Satisfaction Matches Asian Competitors
Cause Marketing: Altruism or Greed?
Customer Satisfaction Rises Again
Guilty Pleasure? It’s All in the Mind’s Eye
Black Friday: Deals and Death :: Audio
Deck the Halls with Sales and Discounts
Warnings About False Claims Can Backfire
Bilingual Advertising: Not Lost in Translation
Casino Gambling: Hold ’Em or Fold ’Em?
Do Doctors Bow to Peer Pressure when Prescribing?
It’s All in Their Heads: MRIs ID Best Salespeople
ACSI Slip Suggests Tepid Spending Growth
Resilience Begins to Fade at Retail
Anatomy of a Loyal Customer


Mergers & Acquisitions

Pfizer’s Prescription for M&A

Strategy

Professor Linda Lim writes in Yahoo! Singapore News about how land and people fit in Signapore's economy
Faced with Job Loss? (Self-)Perception Is Everything
A New Approach to Strategy: Positive Deviance at Apple
Innovation Expert Reflects on Steve Jobs' Cultural Impact
Ganging Up On Poverty
Rethink or Reset? Building a Fortune with the Base of the Pyramid
Corporate Social Responsibility: Boon or Boondoggle?
The Case Against Social Corporate Responsibility
The Power of Co-Creation
C.K. Prahalad's Vision for India at 75
Business Evolution in China
And In This Corner, Google
New Game Strategies to Create and Capture Value
The Services Shift: Seizing the Ultimate Offshore Opportunity

Technology and Operations

A Supply Chain Perspective on Boeing's 787 Dreamliner Problems
A Big Goal for a Small Car
Operations Science for the Operating Room
Beating the Box Office Blues
Preparing for Pandemics: How Cisco Immunized Its Operations
Steve Jobs and Apple's Tree
Online Services Change the Competition Equation
Ecosystem Innovation: New Age BusinessModels
New Supply Chain Dynamics :: Audio
Cloud Computing Changes the Game :: Audio Mapping Social Networks to Improve Product Quality
Boeing's Dreams Finally Take Flight :: Video
Cleveland Clinic: A Laboratory for Operations Management
Ball and (Supply) Chain :: Audio
Green Business Value of Technology