Research Highlight

Contractors hired to tackle core management tasks often succeed because of their outsider status.

When managing a merger, pay attention to political disparities.

Female executives can command bigger pay increases than men by switching jobs.

Mapping employees’ working relationships can help guide leaders’ decisions about post-pandemic work models.

Retailers must explore new revenue streams, monetize existing assets, and embrace a consumer-to-business mentality.

A global study of online hackathons offers best practices for designing virtual ideation sessions.

Three trends are reshaping global strategy and operations for the world’s largest companies.

Employers should be transparent about volunteer programs aimed at helping employees develop skills while helping others.

When leaders ask employees to cross ethical lines, they risk reducing workers’ long-term performance.

The risk of sudden leadership failure can be headed off by early detection of challenges and better supports.

Anticipating and withstanding cyberattacks — cyber resilience — must become a companywide concern.

Digitally savvy executive teams deliver huge premiums in growth and valuation to their companies.

Front-line manufacturing workers contribute more valuable ideas after they’re briefly assigned to other company sites.

Incumbent manufacturing companies face four key challenges as they shift to circular business models.

Leaders will need to play multiple roles as they adapt to managing a hybrid in-person/virtual post-pandemic workforce.

When team members do good deeds, their leaders can be susceptible to bad behavior. Here’s why.

Workforce ecosystems can help leaders better manage changes driven by technological, social, and economic forces.

When environments are complex and dynamic, strategy is about adaptability.

Loneliness can be triggered by team design, even when people work face-to-face.

Recommendation engines promise to revolutionize how customers buy and employees work.