Management And Entrepreneurship Research


Mon, 10/21/2024

Health effects of trauma linked to performance at work

In a new paper, Elizabeth Embry, assistant professor of entrepreneurship at the University of Kansas, offers a theory linking health effects of trauma to performance outcomes at work, suggesting how managerial awareness of trauma manifestations is a necessary step toward workplaces becoming supportive or healing.
Wed, 04/17/2024

People underestimate AI capabilities due to ‘exponential growth bias,’ study finds

In a new paper, Nathan Meikle, a KU assistant professor of business, examines the human biases that impede assessment of AI’s potential threats to humanity. His experiments find that people are prone to underestimate AI capabilities due to exponential growth bias and that they reject the aversive implications of rapid technological progress even in cases in which they themselves predict the growth rate.
Thu, 02/29/2024

Geopolitical tensions provide multinational corporations with diplomatic leverage, but ‘frenemy’ strategy can backfire

A KU School of Business professor’s new research, titled “My Best Frenemy: A History-to-theory Approach to MNCs’ Corporate Diplomatic Activities,” appears in the Journal of International Business Studies.
Wed, 01/24/2024

Property rights 'laws' historically manipulated by businesses, research finds

LAWRENCE — Within most countries, businesses operate under the notion that their property rights are stable. A set of operational rules and a political system that protects those rules are firmly entrenched, right? ...

Thu, 12/14/2023

Advantages of scheduling retail employees with higher performers revealed in new study

LAWRENCE — One barely has to wade into a Reddit thread in which workers whine about their employer before encountering something related to shifts. This often focuses on with whom a worker is scheduled and how that makes things better or worse. ...

Thu, 09/28/2023

Value of experienced CEO fades when working in regions vulnerable to corruption, political instability

LAWRENCE — Apparently, experience is not always a good thing. In fact, for CEOs of small and medium-sized enterprises, it can eventually prove to be a liability. ...

Mon, 07/24/2023

Multinational enterprises should choose between two colocation strategies, research finds

LAWRENCE — In business, colocation occurs when firms locate together in the same geographic space. ...

Wed, 08/31/2022

Task demonstrability a key component for how groups solve problems most effectively, study shows

LAWRENCE — There is no “I” in team … but there is a “me.”...

Thu, 08/25/2022

New study finds a lower voice adds credibility to leadership, depending on gender

LAWRENCE — Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO of Theranos, was famously suspected to have lowered her voice in an attempt to add more credibility to her billionaire con game. But did this low voice actually hurt her or help her in the business world? ...

Wed, 06/15/2022

Managers face identity conflict within foreign-employing organizations, study shows

LAWRENCE — Company or country? ...

Thu, 11/11/2021

Office 'small talk' proves more beneficial than distracting for employees, study finds

LAWRENCE — Sports. Weather. Lunch. Weekend plans …...

Thu, 09/23/2021

'Amplification' of other people's ideas bolsters one's own status, KU research finds

Wed, 06/02/2021

Managerial experience with natural disasters affects corporate ability to prepare for future catastrophes

Thu, 05/28/2020

Associate professor earns Emerging Scholar honor for international management research

LAWRENCE — Minyoung Kim, associate professor of strategy and international business at the University of Kansas School of Business, will receive the 2020 International Management (IM) Division FIU Emerging Scholar Award from the Academy of Management. ...

Wed, 04/08/2020

Global uncertainty may force businesses to rely on flexibility rather than efficiency

LAWRENCE — Most businesses have never faced an era when uncertainty is so rampant. ...

Tue, 01/14/2020

'Why We Write' provides showcase for crafting military tales

LAWRENCE — During the 1940s, the U.S. government commissioned a series of documentary films called “Why We Fight” to spur public support for World War II. ...

Mon, 11/04/2019

Political affiliation influences hiring practices during interview process, study finds

LAWRENCE — People might suspect that being either a Democrat or Republican could affect their ability to get hired. But a University of Kansas professor has helped prove it. ...

Thu, 09/12/2019

School of Business program director selected as Modern War Institute senior fellow

LAWRENCE — Steve Leonard, lecturer and director of the University of Kansas School of Business’ Master of Science in Business and Organizational Leadership program, has been selected as a senior fellow by the Modern War Institute (MWI) at West Point. ...

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