Does it make good economic sense for hotel owners to hold the deeds and manage operations at their properties? Professor Hui Liao believes it does.

Numbers, like sales goals, drive action in organizations. But it's the goal-setting process that actually motivates individuals to hit those numbers.

New Smith School research finds that many growing firms benefit from hiring rookies who are new to the top management level.

Is a smiley-face emoji in an e-mail to your boss ever a good idea? It can be, the Smith School's Trevor Foulk says. He offers some advice on when to use emojis and emoticons :) and when to leave them out :(

When two venture capital firms get together and collaborate, they can accomplish much more than either going solo. But when you throw more partners into the mix, something else also happens.

Retaining talent means understanding the work outcomes that are important to individuals across the professional pipeline.

According to new Smith School research, achieving gender parity in the workplace depends on men getting off the sidelines and getting involved.

Hiring managers invite harsh moral judgments when they give jobs to friends referred by high-powered individuals within their organizations.

Creative employees are great at justifying deviant behavior. Smith School professor Hui Liao identifies a boundary condition that keeps them in line.

Firms worried about knowledge leakage should be careful what they wish for when they lobby lawmakers to boost enforceability of loyalty agreements.