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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.
Can Investors Make a Profit by Saving Bats?
Restoring biodiversity around the globe will require financing from private investors. A new study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Anya Nakhmurina, focusing on the restoration of bat populations, proposes a strategy that could allow investors to support conservation while also turning a profit.
How Much Is Crawling Your Content Worth to an AI Bot?
A new study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Soheil Ghili proposes a scalable way for AI companies to pay publishers for crawling their content—and help sustain the information ecosystem that powers the technology.
To Reduce Emissions, the Carbon Offsets Market Needs One Crucial Fix
A new study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Vahideh Manshadi and Faidra Monachou and Ilan Morgenstern of UC Berkeley lays out a framework to study the market for carbon offsets and their climate value.
