How Do You Build a Company? It Depends on Where You’re From

A popular video game reveals a clear connection between how much hierarchy founders create in their startups and where they hail from.

Confused by Unclear Accounting Information

In the grand scheme of the economy, the accounting information that individual firms report can have big impacts.

Why Winners Learn To Share Power

Some startups bet everything on a single visionary founder. But organizations with stable shared leadership are more likely to grow and emerge as industry anchors.

How Social Networks Can Curb Youth Unemployment

A powerful tool for curbing the growing worldwide problem of youth unemployment could be the ubiquitous mobile phone found in most teens’ pockets, finds new research.

Finding Your Way in a World of Tradeoffs

Managers who rely on computer models to help with decision-making bump into a dilemma when it comes to allocation of scarce resources in complex environments with many moving parts.

Good, Better and Best Design for Branded Mobile Apps

Companies win when you put their branded mobile apps on your smartphone. But if the goal is to maximize firm value, new research suggests good, better and best ways to approach design.

Crowdsourcing for Ideas? Do This.

Research explores how companies can structure innovation tournaments to drive meaningful results.

Finding the Best Path to Your Target

Political candidates, manufacturers and even online game designers can hit their performance targets with increased regularity using a new algorithm developed at Maryland Smith.

Map Yourself on Customer Service Grid

Advancing technology has opened new possibilities for customer service delivery, giving companies more options when setting strategy.

Second Chances After a Fall from Power

Followers sometimes continue to believe in a leader even after loss of status. New Maryland Smith research explores why.

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