How to Find the Right Influencers

Influence is happening at all levels across social networks online and marketers are scrambling to figure out the best people to target to spread their messages. New research has a better way to find them.

Getting to the Bottom of Discount Rate Variation

New research is important for understanding which economic forces might move expected stock returns in the first place.

Why it Takes More Than Just Good Timing to Succeed in the Market

Some traders time the market, others look for signs to get the most bang for their buck. But what’s the best method? Both, says new research.

The Issue Companies Have With Moving Up

New research shows service providers at the lower end of the value chain mostly find that their efforts to move up yield limited success.

What Online Retailers Get From Recommendation Lists

New research shows with online shopping, retailers’ use of recommendation systems increases their overall sales and consumer click-throughs and conversion rates. The effect is greatest for mobile shoppers.

How To Make Better Decisions Without All the Information

How do you make good decisions when you don’t have all the information in front of you? New research lays out a framework to learn from indirect or incomplete information to make better decisions.

How Climate Disasters Impact Investment Decisions

Living through a climate-related disaster can be a harrowing experience for anyone. For professional money managers, it can even impact their investment decisions.

Taking Another Look At A Way to Evaluate Mutual Funds

New research refutes a critique of a way to evaluate mutual fund performance.

How to Pick the Best Mutual Funds

New research from Maryland Smith pioneers a way to sift through the thousands of active mutual funds to winnow them down to a set of the best ones to invest in.

How Money Market Funds React to Crisis

How do U.S. money market funds respond to a crisis? New research explores what happened during the European debt crisis that spiraled when Greece required a bailout.

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