The Financial Times invites business school professors to spotlight articles, research, and case studies that offer valuable insight into today’s complex and rapidly evolving business landscape. Known as Professors’ Picks, these selections reflect the topics, trends, and challenges faculty see as most critical to teaching leadership, strategy, and organizational decision-making.
For students, these picks are more than compelling reads—they are real-world learning tools that bridge theory and practice, helping them examine how leaders navigate uncertainty, drive change, and respond to innovation.
In 2025, Questrom professors curated a diverse collection of articles spanning economic policy, workplace dynamics, and organizational transformation. Together, these selections provide actionable lessons and a broader perspective on the forces shaping business today. Below, we highlight the professors, the articles they selected, and the key themes each piece explores.
March 2025
- Joseph Lipuma: “Donald Trump announces US ‘gold card’ visa scheme” → Highlights immigration’s value and risks, the roles immigrants play, and prompts discussion on inequities.
- Greg Stoller: “Buffett seeks to reassure shareholders over record cash pile” → Emphasizes the importance of thorough due diligence in large-scale equity investments.
- Moshe Cohen: “Sony and Nintendo play the long game over Trump tariffs” → Examines how the console gaming industry, usually resilient in downturns, is challenged by escalating US tariffs, rising costs, and disrupted supply chains.
April 2025
- Moshe Cohen: “Anne Wojcicki, the floundering 23andMe’s eternal optimist” → Explores how Wojcicki built 23andMe to 15 million customers despite privacy and regulatory challenges, and how the company faced financial strain during its pivot to drug discovery.
- Greg Stoller: “TSMC profits jump 54% on back of AI chip boom” → Highlights TSMC’s profit surge from AI chip demand, illustrating competitive advantage, scalability, and market strategy within the global semiconductor supply chain.
- Greg Stoller: “Ethereum faces ‘midlife crisis’ as rivals play catch-up” → Examines Ethereum’s challenges with declining value, rising competition, and governance issues, offering a case for strategic repositioning, the innovation lifecycle, and decentralized organization management.
- Moshe Cohen: “Larry Fink points to clients’ anxiety about markets as BlackRock inflows slow” → Explores how market uncertainty and client anxiety affected BlackRock’s new business, providing a lens for understanding financial decision-making and leadership under uncertainty.
- Greg Stoller: “How culture shapes capitalism around the world” → Examines how cultural values influence business practices in countries like China, India, the US, and Sweden, encouraging discussion on cultural fluency and global strategy.
June 2025
- Joseph LiPuma: “US vows to use ‘every tool’ in crackdown on international students: Trump administration moves to slow applications amid deepening stand-off with universities” → Examines stricter visa vetting under the Trump administration, highlighting talent mobility concerns and prompting discussion on how protectionist policies affect multinational firms and strategic adaptation.
- Greg Stoller: “Investors shift away from US bond market on fears over Donald Trump’s policies” → Explores the impact of U.S. fiscal policy, rising debt, and a credit downgrade on investor behavior, encouraging analysis of global investment strategy and financial uncertainty.
October 2025
- Patrick Abouchalache: “The rise of drive-through US coffee chains with a need for speed” → Explores the rapid growth of drive-through coffee chains, consumer demand for convenience, and how incumbents like Starbucks must adapt. Highlights lessons in strategy, innovation, and market positioning.
- Moshe Cohen: “What Jane Austen can teach us about taking feedback” → Uses Austen’s experience with criticism to explore how professionals can navigate feedback, build emotional intelligence, and develop resilience in the workplace.
December 2025
- Moshe Cohen: “Singapore riven over fate of founding father’s home” → Examines a national dispute over preserving Lee Kuan Yew’s home, highlighting tensions among family, government, and the public. Offers lessons in negotiation, multi-party dynamics, and consensus-building.
- Greg Stoller: “Global stocks slide after sharp reversal on Wall Street” → Analyzes a global stock sell-off driven by AI and semiconductor valuations, crypto volatility, and geopolitical uncertainty. Illustrates investor psychology, contagion effects, and market interconnectedness.
- Moshe Cohen: “Fed expected to cut rates despite deep divisions over US economic outlook” → Explores economic decision-making, negotiation, and strategy amid uncertainty.
- Ted Karns: “The horror of the work blunder” → Highlights workplace mistakes, systemic accountability, and psychological safety.
- Greg Stoller: “Accenture dubs its 800,000 staff ‘reinventors’ as it adapts to AI” → Examines organizational change, workforce strategy, and AI-driven transformations.
