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  • How Gambling Is Transforming the Experience of Sports

    We asked Professor Nathan Novemsky, who has examined the psychology of gambling in multiple studies, how the ubiquity of betting is changing the way we watch sports.

    Fans at a baseball game with a FanDuel ad on the fence in front of them
  • The China Summit Revealed the Limits of Trump’s Tariff War

    Professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and co-author Stephen Henriques write that a successful campaign to reduce China’s market manipulation would require the kind of collective action that Trump has systematically undermined through his indiscriminate use of tariffs.

    Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in a summit meeting
  • Closed Borders Choke America’s Innovation Engine

    A growing, dynamic economy desperately needs smooth, legal pathways for highly skilled immigrants, says Doug Rand ’10, co-director of the Talent Mobility Fund.

    A U.S. Customs and Border Protection sign in an airport
  • Are Elon Musk’s Politics Driving Away Tesla’s Customers?

    A new Yale working paper sets out to quantify the effect of the controversies over Musk’s transformation of Twitter and his time leading DOGE, and finds that they may have cost Tesla one million sales.

    A Tesla with a bumper sticker reading “I bought this before we knew that Elon was crazy."
  • Facing an Uproar, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Showed Why He’s an Effective Leader

    Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff sparked controversy when he seemed to be inviting President Donald Trump to send National Guard troops to San Francisco during the company’s Dreamforce conference. Yale SOM leadership expert Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and co-author Stephen Henriques write that Benioff demonstrated his usual deftness in defusing the issue and overseeing a successful event.

    Marc Benioff speaking from the audience at a conference
  • The Price of Trust: How Conflicts of Interest Threaten the Marketplace of Ideas

    A new study co-authored by Yale SOM’s John Barrios investigates how conflicts of interest erode trust in the very institutions meant to produce independent knowledge.

    A professor works on a research on a white board while a man in a suit hands him information through the window
  • The Top Ten AI Competitors

    The mammoth investments pouring into artificial intelligence companies are remaking the high-tech industry. Former SOM Dean Ted Snyder and investor Logan Bender ’19 assess which leading companies are likely to keep their advantage and which could be crushed by the rolling wave of innovation.

    A person using a smartphone showing apps from many AI companies
  • Connecting with the Consumer in a Distracted Age

    Todd Kaplan ’06, CMO of Kraft Heinz, has redesigned the company’s creative process to deliver “marketing that happens.”

    An Oscar Mayer Wienermobile speeding down a racetrack
  • Trump Boasts of Peace Through Strength in the Middle East. Can He Achieve the Same in Ukraine?

    Trump emphasized U.S. military and economic strength in his Knesset speech, write Professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Stephen Henriques. Can he also confront Russia from a position of power?

    Donald Trump posing with a "Peace 2025" sign
  • This Is How the AI Bubble Bursts

    Yale SOM leadership expert Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and co-author Stephen Henriques write that the tangle of AI deals among tech giants could be signs of dangerous overinvestment in the developing technology. They outline three ways the bubble could pop.

    Samsung chairman Lee Jae-yong and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman shaking hands