Faculty Viewpoints

Prof. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and co-author Stephen Henriques write that either Netflix will succeed in acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery and its crown-jewel assets, or it will get to watch as rival Paramount takes on massive debt and risk.

The oil industry is in the midst of a supply gut, producing millions of barrels per day above demand. Prices are low and major companies in the sector are contracting. According to Prof. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, these economic facts undercut President Trump’s intimations of an oil bonanza in Venezuela.

Yale SOM leadership expert Jeffrey Sonnenfeld provides CEOs with advice and factors to consider in the wake of the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.

Yale SOM faculty shared suggestions on creating space for what’s important, cultivating community, and making AI work for you in the new year.

Russia’s bluster at the negotiating table masks an economy hollowed out by war and sanctions, write Yale SOM’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Tymofiy Mylovanov of the Kyiv School of Economics, and co-author Stephen Henriques.

Yale SOM’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and co-author Stephen Henriques write that a new comprehensive housing law gives Connecticut towns a clearer, more flexible framework for developing housing growth plans.

Part of resolving the political redistricting stalemate, writes Professor Jamie Tucker-Foltz, is creating congressional maps that align with human intuition about fairness.

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.

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.