Research With Impact

To wield labor market power, large companies must centralize their hiring. But many decentralize instead, giving up their power. New research suggests why.

Unplanned action lends authenticity to the performer, but only when their competence is high and the stakes are low.

Research by Johnson’s Young-Hoon Park and Murat Unal, PhD ’22, shows that customers increased spending after signing up for “one-click” checkout.

To support more equitable workplaces, Michelle Duguid investigates hiring practices intended to increase diversity.

Parking-ticket recipients who would benefit most from gentle “nudges” to pay their fines respond least to them, research by Ori Heffetz finds.

Dyson Professor Miguel Gomez is a contributing researcher to this study focused on the sustainability and profitability of the organic dry bean industry.

Ideas that sprang from a pre-pandemic discussion at Cornell now inform a UN initiative aimed to meet looming global food needs in a healthy, equitable and sustainable way.

Research by Jūra Liaukonytė and colleagues sought to understand the sales effect of social media posts targeting specific brands.

Researchers and practitioners examined efforts to fund the abatement of biodiversity loss at the Cornell ESG Investing Research Conference.