Business Functions

Inflation is falling, but prices continue to hit consumers in the pocket. Mark Williams, Master Lecturer of Finance, discusses why and when we might see an end.

Questrom School of Business welcomed CNBC’s Senior Media & Tech Correspondent Julia Boorstin to the stage at the Rafik B. Hariri Building to discuss the recent publication of her book,...

Labor Day is a U.S. national holiday held the first Monday every September. Unlike most U.S. holidays, it is a strange celebration without rituals, except for shopping and barbecuing. Jay...

During the pandemic, food delivery services kept many restaurants in business. But, as life returns to normal, are the revenue share agreements worth it? Pnina Feldman sits down for a...

May 23, 2022 ScienceDaily recently published an article co-authored by Pnina Feldman, Associate Professor of Operations and Technology Management, on her recent research analyzing how to structure the relationships between...

MIT's SMR Strategy Forum recently featured Timothy Simcoe, Professor of Strategy and Innovation, as a strategy expert to address the thesis that the field of strategy management has overlooked the...

What are the advantages- and the pitfalls- of crowdsourcing predictions? In this Insights@Questrom analysis, Questrom Professor in Management and Professor, Finance Steven Kou breaks down the phenomenon of the “wisdom...

The Master of Science in Mathematical Finance & Financial Technology (MSMFT) program at Boston University Questrom School of Business marked a progressive return to normalcy by holding its first in-person...

MIT Sloan recently published research by Carey Morewedge, Professor in Marketing, about what businesses need to understand about the evolution of consumerism. The article discusses the rise of digitization and...

Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have exploded in value, but has that growth translated into actual use as a medium of exchange? Dr. Gerry Tsoukalas, Associate Professor of Information Systems at Questrom,...

Team learning has become more important than ever as remote work technologies enable easier collaboration across great distances. In this Insights Q&A, three Questrom professors specializing in Management and Organizations-...

In this Insights Q&A, Dean’s Research Scholar and Associate Professor, Marketing Monic Sun tackles the increasing influence of social media and other technologies on branding. How companies are adapting their...

Moshe Cohen provides insight on the importance of assessment when negotiating a job offer. He offers advice and guidance on the different factors that need to be evaluated, especially during...

American Sociological Review recently published an article authored by Michel Anteby, Dean’s Research Scholar and Professor, Management & Organizations and Audrey Holm, Lecturer, Management & Organizations. Michel and Audrey highlighted...

Financial automation, or robo-advising, is a quickly growing industry. Trends such as WallStreetBets, the subreddit that led the GameStop surge, have sparked interest in investing for young audiences. Apps such...

For decades, many businesses have experienced a race to incorporate the newest and best technologies in their organizations. Professor of Information Systems and David J. McGrath Jr. Professor in Management...

Tesary Lin, Assistant Professor, Marketing, explores recent changes in privacy protection, such as Apple’s new iOS 14, and their effects on advertisers. She explains why it will be harder for...

New research from Pnina Feldman, Associate Professor, Operations & Technology Management, explores whether congestion pricing can offer a solution to urban parking problems and traffic.

According to a recent BankRate survey, most Americans could not cover a $1,000 financial emergency. Senior Lecturer of Finance Aaron Stevens sits down with Insights@Questrom to answer our questions on...

The past year has brought a lot of trauma. How should organizations respond as it pertains to their employees? Should companies provide resources or allow time off? Bill Kahn, professor...

Nitin Joglekar, Associate Professor, Operations and Technology Management, is currently serving as an expert on advanced manufacturing and supply chains, within the Global Futures Council, at the World Economic Forum....

The pandemic and subsequent economic downturn have forced companies to readjust their business models and pivot quickly to adapt to new needs and constraints. Professor of Strategy & Innovation Siobhan...

In this Insights@Questrom Q&A, Barbara Bickart, Senior Associate Dean of Graduate Programs and Associate Professor of Marketing, explains how influencers shape information and ideas on social media. Her insights reveal...

Pfizer and Moderna are working rapidly to roll out the COVID-19 vaccine. Insights@Questrom spoke with Marcus Bellamy, Assistant Professor, Operations & Technology Management, to learn how their supply chains are...

Lecturer of Management Constance Hadley recently had a piece published in MIT Sloan Management Review on team member loneliness. Specifically, her piece looks at trends in team collaboration and social...

Investors will soon be able to trade water as other commodities over fears of a future scarcity of the resource. What is futures trading, and how does it differ from...

Key 2021 trends and takeaways from interviews with 31 Boston venture capitalists, industry professionals, and experts.

What are key conflict management strategies that managers should know? Why is it important to manage conflicts in your organizations efficiently? Have these strategies changed at all with remote teams...

Associate Professor of Management & Organizations Michael Anteby researches the role that ghostwriters play in creating "authentic" content for the people for whom they work. “We live in a society...

Companies are rapidly deploying artificial intelligence to lessen the burden on service employees and create a more streamlined process. Michelle Shell, Visiting Assistant Professor, Operations & Technology Management, shares how...

Professor Nitin Joglekar recently published an article in MIT Sloan Management Review on adapting supply chains to react to times of increased need. The pandemic has shown the need to...

Questrom’s Andy King recently published an article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review on the “win-win” strategies businesses utilize. It explores the ways in which companies are attempting to address...

Research by Chiara Longoni, Assistant Professor of Marketing, explores what is known as the “word-of-machine effect,” where customers view AI as more competent than humans when giving advice.

BU Questrom marketing expert explores how the ability to track our online activity impacts the digital economy.

Investments and savings expert Zvi Bodie on how the coronavirus crisis exposed long-standing faults in our retirement system—and how to fix them.

While open collaboration platforms like Wikipedia have dramatically increased the world’s access to educational information, enormous gaps remain that may actually drive economic inequities. New research by Questrom's Dylan Walker...

When it comes to the best pitches and persuading an audience, there are some common threads, says Gregory Stoller, senior lecturer of strategy and innovation at Boston University Questrom School...

AI continues to enhance the consumer shopping experience. Chiara Longoni, Assistant Professor of Marketing, recently discussed her article published in the Journal of Marketing — based on data from over 3,000...

In a recent article published on the Harvard Business Review website, Dean Emeritus Ken Freeman reflects on how best to handle laying off employees during the COVID-19 pandemic.

New research found that consumers’ actions indicate that they don’t value online privacy nearly as much as they say, that individual tracking data is likely worth significantly less than most...

New research from Andrei Hagiu challenges the assumption that it’s possible to use customer data to gain an unbeatable competitive edge.

How to get consumers to buy now, not later — and love it

First-of-its-kind study shows that cuts in federal funding for science might hinder the economy by halting innovation.

You probably don’t know if your bank files its taxes as an S corporation or a C corporation, but your wallet might. As local competition heats up, banks are strategically...

As the marketplace for service-based employment increases, firms must carefully decide how to allocate control and employment status to those who deliver those services, according to associate professor Andrei Hagiu,...