Thought Leadership

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Research Recap: Which personal values drive actions to avert climate change?

Robert Bloomfield and co-authors find certain moral values influence a willingness to make personal choices to mitigate the future impact of climate change.

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Contributor and co-editor Chris Barrett addresses resilience in the face of chronic poverty in new book

A new book, The Economics of Poverty Traps, co-edited by Chris Barrett, highlights research on the mechanisms that keep people entrenched in poverty.

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A new approach to thinking: Performance-based pay in the nonprofit sector

Research by Dr. Sarah Wolfolds, Assistant Professor at the Dyson School, reveals how firms can use performance-based pay to their advantage in the non-profit sector.

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Cornell study highlights the critical importance of brand consistency

Chris Anderson’s study found that consistency within a brand is increasingly important, as compared to location and reputation across a chain scale.

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Mathematical elegance meets social relevance in the research of Vincent Slaugh

Vince Slaugh, assistant professor, has focused his research on questions related to nursing-home staffing and maximizing adoption opportunities for teens.

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Breaking ground in fintech research—it’s not “too new” to pursue

Learn how Andrew Karolyi, professor and academic dean, put in motion an innovative process to generate the first-ever body of scholarly research on fintech.

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Aaron Adalja joins the A team

Adalja joined the faculty last year as an assistant professor of food and beverage management— the culmination of a wide-ranging professional journey.

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Research Recap: Does investment in public transit decrease traffic congestion?

Research co-authored by Dyson School Associate Professor Cynthia Lin Lawell explores how investment in public transit affects traffic congestion.

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Research Recap: Is the agricultural economy changing how farm owners obtain debt capital?

In a series of articles with farmdoc Daily, Jennifer Ifft, assistant professor, and colleagues report on changes to financing in agribusiness.