Consumer Research - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 6

longer at the beginning or end. Credit Access and Social Welfare: The Rise of Consumer Lending in the United States and France Author:Gunnar Trumbull Publication:Politics and Society 40, no. 1 (2012) Abstract View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Aug 2024
Op-Ed

What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago

A few years later, the Immigration Act would add stringent country-specific quotas that limited the number of immigrants to the US and completely excluded people from Asia. But why do people oppose immigrants so much? What the research... View Details

Keywords: by Marco Tabellini

01 Dec 2011
What Do You Think?

Thinking Slow: An Argument for Bureaucracy?

Mott said "let's not forget the plethora of research that shows teams consistently outperform individuals. It is the modifying effect of the team, which also slows down the decision-making process, that produces a better... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups

of companies have participants role-play to gain a better sense of others' points of view or to sense how consumers would actually use new products. When Interval Research Corp. wanted its young designers to... View Details

Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron

16 Aug 2024
In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

Sucher: Dust off that COVID playbook After the June 27 debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, 64 percent of 1,024 US workers surveyed reported suffering—or seeing others suffer—poor treatment at work for their political views, according... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

03 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Who Guarantees Your Workplace Is Safe for Return?

Here are key requirements to ask of any service provider offering to certify your work setting as a healthy building. These best practices apply for employers, employees, and customers alike. Our research over many decades in public... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber and Joseph Allen; Real Estate

15 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Find Your Pragmatic Path through Radical Uncertainty

willing to bear to reopen the economy. No one can predict with any certainty how shopping patterns and consumer tastes will change. No one can be sure when people will feel safe enough to travel so that the hotels, airlines, restaurants,... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson, Eugene B. Kogan, and Shirley Spence

24 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care

that's sitting offshore. That's obviously relevant to business people as well. There's a pretty fundamental question about why we tax corporate income at all. Economists will tell you that corporations don't pay taxes, some person pays taxes, whether it's the owners or... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

04 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 4

emotion regulation and utilitarian decision making. November 2014 Journal of Marketing Research Cost Conscious? The Neural and Behavioral Impact of Price Primacy on Decision-Making By: Karmarkar, Uma R., Baba Shiv, and Brian Knutson... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

Earth Day Reflections

Management and author of Accelerating Innovation in Energy: Lessons from Other Sectors. The environmental challenges we face are among the most important issues facing business. If, as current scientific research suggests, it would be... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

02 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?

cultural icons are built. Icons are the big winners of the culture share game. I conduct historical studies of brands like Volkswagen, Budweiser, Harley, Nike, and Mountain Dew. One of the key findings of my research is that all of these... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

19 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 19, 2007

examine how well the most widely used ratings—those of Kinder, Lydenberg, Domini Research & Analytics (KLD)—provide transparency about past and likely future environmental performance. We find KLD "concern" ratings to be... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 May 2020
In Practice

Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?

techniques, the changes in reimbursement for free-standing ambulatory surgery centers, the rise of telemedicine, and consumers’ preferences for surgery outside of the hospitals, will be accelerated by the closing of hospitals for “elective” surgery. View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

06 Aug 2018
Research & Ideas

Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels

polesnoy As technology commoditization begins speeding up again, it’s a great time to be a consumer in search of a state-of-the-art flat panel TVs, but less comfortable for manufacturers hoping to make a profit. That’s according to recent... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing; Electronics

16 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

The Times Captures History of American Business

From the dawn of the U.S. transcontinental railroad in 1869 to the widespread embrace of consumer products like cell phones and iPods in our time, the story of American business is in constant motion, never at rest—or at ease. A new... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

California consumers who rely on gas to heat their homes and cook their food. On the other hand, directors negotiating the sale of a Delaware corporation to a company controlled by a single individual would be obligated to accept the... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

14 Nov 2007
First Look

First Look: November 14, 2007

the early years of the 21st century. From a state-owned enterprise earning 97% of its revenue from television sets and other analog consumer electronics, Thomson had become a publicly traded company providing digital video services and... View Details