Smith Brain Trust

March 8, 2018
The Wisdom of Women Leading Women
BET Networks executive Donna Blackman applauds the courage of women who speak up about sexual harassment in the workplace. But she is cautious when it comes to giving advice to people who might face retaliation.
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March 7, 2018
Optimize Executive Incentives
Leaders might deserve dismissal when they behave badly, but some lose their jobs for simply having the right skills at the wrong time. "Over time changes in business conditions may call for a change of top management," Smith School professor M. Cecilia Bustamante says.
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March 6, 2018
Use Data for Personalized Cancer Care
A new app that culls through medical data can offer a better answer to many cancer patients' top question: "What's my prognosis?" Having an accurate answer helps them choose the best treatment. Smith School professor Margrét Bjarnadóttir and a team of researchers developed the app and patient-…
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March 5, 2018
Get Motivated to Hit Your Sales Goals
Setting your sales goals for the new year? The best way to get everyone motivated is to get them invested from the start. Smith School professor Christine Beckman recently studied how the process of setting budget goals is the key to motivating individuals to hit their numbers.
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March 4, 2018
Hire More Rookies to Grow Your Firm
Conventional wisdom says firms are better off hiring people with prior experience and skills that mirror the job. But research co-authored by Smith School professor Rajshree Agarwal finds that many firms benefit from hiring rookies who are new to top management.
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March 3, 2018
Intervene When Justice Isn't Fair
Strict enforcement of the law sometimes rewards dirty-dealing and hypocrisy, which bothered T. Leigh Anenson as a litigator. Her new book, "Judging Equity: The Fusion of Unclean Hands in U.S. Law," explores a safety valve in the legal system designed to correct injustice.
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March 2, 2018
Know When to Update Your Technology
How do health care professionals decide when it’s time to upgrade their medical technology? Research from Smith School professor Ritu Agarwal looked at how health care professionals abandoned their use of coronary stents, in response to the emergence of new technology.
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March 1, 2018
#MeToo Must Be a B-School Call To Action
Business schools might seem safely removed from the transformation happening across corporate America. They're not. Institutions like mine play a central role in shaping attitudes about gender in the workplace
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March 1, 2018
Build Gender Inclusive Workplaces
Retaining talent in the fast-changing field of information technology means understanding the factors that influence cultural fit. Smith School professor Kathryn M. Bartol says preferences often vary by gender.
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February 22, 2018
‘Black Panther’ Isn’t Just a Great Movie; It's Great Marketing
It's not often that a film smashes box office expectations in quite the way that Marvel Studio's "Black Panther" has. But it's not often that a superhero film gets so many things so right – from the screenplay, to the casting, to the marketing, says the Smith School's Henry C. Boyd III.
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