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Will Self-Driving Cars Lower Ride-Hailing Prices?‌‌

Lower cost is one anticipated advantage of incorporating autonomous vehicles (AVs) into ride-hailing services. But a study co-authored by Prof. Zhen Lian suggests that lower prices will only materialize under certain market conditions, such as using a single app for both AVs and human drivers.‌

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  • Social Media, the Corporation, and the State

    Yale’s Shyam Sunder assesses some of the complications that arise when multinational corporations become implicated in political questions.

  • Where Is the Auto Industry Headed?

    How will self-driving cars and other new technology reshape the industry? Prof. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld talks with former Ford CEO Mark Fields.

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  • How to Respond to the Equifax Breach

    After the Equifax breach, Yale SOM's Shyam Saunder says, we should put the burden for protecting identities back onto major companies.

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  • How Do You Build a Design Team?

    When designer Cap Watkins arrived at the digital media powerhouse Buzzfeed in 2015, the company had a group of talented designers. What it didn’t have, Watkins told Yale Insights, was the structure to help them to work together and build their careers.

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  • Companies That Look for Social and Cognitive Skills Seem to Do Better

    Computers are able to do many tasks, but people still outperform them at human interactions and complex decision-making. A new study suggests that successful companies take advantage of these capabilities.

  • What’s the Energy Equation?

    What will the world’s use of energy look like in the coming decades, as technological advances revolutionize transportation and push down the price of renewable energy?

  • What’s the Future of Television?

    With traditional TV losing viewers to streaming services, the industry is still figuring out what its new economic model will look like.

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  • Can Tech Make the World Better?

    Katie Rae ’97, who runs an incubator and an investment firm, on finding the next great startup.

  • What Makes Alibaba Grow?

    Alibaba’s vice chairman on the financial mindset and internal culture that have propelled the company’s extraordinary growth.

  • Can the Internet Change China?

    Will China’s crackdown on the internet become a model in other countries? Foreign Policy’s David Wertime discusses the country’s unique internet environment.