All Insights Articles
The Little Decisions that Make Big School Districts Work
Nicole Milberg ’07, a former district leader for Chicago Public Schools, reflects on the business frameworks that principals need and the unique challenges of leading students, families, and teachers at the same time.
Taking a Principled Approach to Private Equity through Relationships with Organized Labor
Adam Blumenthal ’89, the founder of Blue Wolf Capital, has worked productively with unions to grow the value companies provide to shareholders and employees alike.
Restoring Faith in Capitalism Starts with How Companies Create Value
Confidence in the economic system is declining amid a growing view of corporate success as a zero-sum game. Yale SOM’s Ravi Dhar and Jon Iwata argue that investments in employees, customer experience, and community trust strengthen a company’s ability to deliver long-term returns to shareholders.
Greater Transparency Brought Change to Police Departments—And Then a Reversal
A study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Minjae Kim finds that departments that published traffic-stop data initially reduced stops in Black neighborhoods—but soon exceeded previous levels.
How Communities Can Get a Better Deal from Data Centers
Yale SOM’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, computer scientist and entrepreneur David Siegel, and co-author Stephen Henriques argue that the growing backlash against data centers should lead to stronger protections and enforceable community benefits—not an end to the AI infrastructure boom.
How the Right Business Model Can Fuel Creativity
Selling creative work requires leaders to align art and economics. Yale Insights brought together the CFOs of a video game publisher and a studio that brings graphic novels to Hollywood to explain how they build sustainable businesses while enabling creative people to do their best work.
Putting a Price on Climate Risk
Yale SOM’s Todd Cort, an expert on corporate sustainability and sustainable finance, explains how AI is enabling new ways to price environmental and social risks.
How Cooling the Planet with Geoengineering Would Upend Climate Economics
In a new working paper, Yale SOM’s Kelly Shue and Samuel Hartzmark of Boston College model how the use of reflective aerosols to cool the plane would fundamentally shift the economics of climate change, altering incentives for renewable energy, fossil fuels, and carbon removal.
Who Trains Junior Employees in the Age of AI?
AI is best at exactly the entry-level work that used to turn novices into experts. Professor K. Sudhir writes that organizations will need to find new ways to build the skills and judgment that junior employees once developed by doing those tasks themselves.
The Problems with the Paramount–Warner Merger
Yale SOM’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, governance expert Nell Minow, and co-author Stephen Henriques argue that the proposed combination would illegally concentrate power in Hollywood, weaken labor markets, and carry mounting financial risks, even if it ultimately closes.
