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Featured Research: Socially Responsible Investing
Professor Nick Bollen discusses a soon to be published research paper on socially responsible investing.
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Featured Research: The Free Speech/Workplace Collision
Professor Barry discusses his new book with Rob Simbeck.
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Featured Research: The High Cost of Failing to Exercise Options
Professor Whaley discusses his research on call options with Rob Simbeck.
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Featured Research: Behaviorial Integrity and Corporate Culture
Professor Friedman discusses a recent study to determine whether sensitivity to behavioral integrity varied among employees of various racial groups.
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Featured Research: The Poverty Paradox
Professor Victor discusses his research on the benefits of micro-lending with Rob Simbeck.
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Featured Research: Navigating Global Antitrust Regulations
Professor Froeb discusses the state of international antitrust laws with Rob Simbeck.
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Featured Research: Managing the Brand: You
In today's corporate culture, the reputation, attitude and identity of individual managers and executives have taken on added importance as companies strive to define and separate themselves in a...
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Featured Research: Campaign Contributions Boost ROI
In the vast and murky area of corporate campaign contributions, new research by Alexei Ovtchinnikov, assistant professor of finance, provides some of the first hard evidence documenting a "positive and...
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Featured Research: More Not Always Better for Employee Retention
According to conventional wisdom, the more human resource (HR) practices you use to develop people--particularly at the managerial level--the better the results. However, a comprehensive study by...
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Featured Research: Routine Inflation of Hedge Fund Returns
High-profile fund implosions and continued economic turmoil from the sub-prime mortgage crisis have not diminished the love affair between investors and hedge funds. But new research by Nick Bollen, E....
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Featured Research: The 2008 Health Care Debate
The health care industry makes up one-seventh of the American economy and its component parts--doctors, hospitals, insurers and drug manufacturers--are well represented in Washington. Few topics...
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Featured Research: Effects of Complexity on Decision-Making
Economic theory notwithstanding, people faced with everything from restaurant menus to health care plans find that more choices are not always better. New research by Mike Shor, assistant professor of...
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Featured Research: The Changing Business Model in Media and Entertainment
An Oklahoma State grad, Tim Dubois came to Vanderbilt 25 years ago to teach accounting and write some songs on the side. His talent carried him from the classroom into a career as a writer, producer...
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Featured Research: Volatility Index in the Spotlight
The CBOE Market Volatility Index (VIX) measures investor anxiety about the stock market. While current levels of the index exceed the norm, Professor Whaley, creator of the VIX, addresses...
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Featured Research: Hedge Fund Restrictions
Amidst staggering losses, hedge funds are increasingly putting the brakes on investor attempts to withdraw funds. Bollen finds that these new restrictions come with a heavy price tag for investors.
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Featured Research: Lobbying Expenditures Yield Big Returns for Companies
When it comes to lobbying, more firms are getting into the game. Recent research by David Parsley, Professor of Economics and Finance, provides a picture of just how profitable such activities can be.
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Featured Research: Thinking Like a CEO
Leading a company often involves a paradox. The skills that propel a person to the top — whether an entrepreneur building a new business or someone rising through an established organization — may not...
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Featured Research: Hiring Advice for Employers
Even in a tight job market, high-pressure recruitment tactics can poison the employer-employee relationship. New research by Vanderbilt Professor Ray Friedman shows perceived mistreatment during the...
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Featured Research: Ethics of Lateral Hiring
Most people in business have no ethical qualms about stealing a customer from a rival or losing a customer to a rival. But they feel the practice of laterally hiring or "poaching" employees is...
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Featured Research: Book Store Merger
This week, hedge fund manager William Ackman, a major shareholder in Borders Group Inc., said he would be willing to finance a $960 million bid for the company's purchase of bookstore rival Barnes and...
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Featured Research: Management shakeups at Apple and Google
Two giants of the tech industry — Apple and Google — both recently announced major management changes. First, Steve Jobs said he would take another medical leave, making Tim Cook acting CEO of Apple....
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Featured Research: The Future of the Health Care Reform Law
As the national health care reform law moves towards implementation, critics continue efforts to block it. Two federal judges have ruled that it's unconstitutional, several state legislatures have...
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