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How Could the Lawsuit against Apple Shift the Smartphone Landscape?

We asked Prof. Fiona Scott Morton, the former chief economist for the DOJ’s Antitrust Division, how a successful suit would change the devices and services available to consumers.

iPhones on display
  • How Do You Plan for Explosive Technological Change?

    Nasir Wajihuddin ’89, CEO of Anedom Mobile Group, says that after five and half decades of Moore's law, technological change is coming so quickly that longstanding strategic frameworks are becoming irrelevant.

    Newly introduced iPhones at an Apple event in September 2018. Photo: Noah Berger/AFP/Getty Images.
  • Three Questions: Prof. Zoë Chance on the Standoff between Nancy Pelosi and Donald Trump

    We asked Yale SOM’s Zoë Chance, an expert in influence and persuasion, about the method behind Pelosi’s suggestion that the State of the Union be delayed.

    Paper dolls of lions and lion tamer
  • Can You Trust Bad Online Ratings?

    A poorly rated item with few reviews is likely scored lower than it deserves to be, according to research by Yale SOM’s Balázs Kovács and his co-authors.

    Collage of online ratings
  • Three Questions: Prof. James Baron on Amazon’s New Minimum Wage

    We asked Prof. James Baron, an expert in human resources and labor markets, what Amazon’s $15 minimum wage would mean for workers there and at other companies.

    An employee at an Amazon fulfillment center in Robbinsville, New Jersey. Photo: Bess Adler/Bloomberg via Getty Images.
  • When Should Companies Share Information with Competitors?

    A study by Yale SOM’s Tristan Botelho suggests that, under certain circumstances, companies could benefit from sharing detailed information with competitors.

    An illustration showing the sharing of various types of information
  • Three Questions: Prof. David Bach on Doing Business with Saudi Arabia

    Professor David Bach answers questions about how businesses should weigh the risks and reputational costs in how they respond to the disappearance of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

    Saudi leader
  • Does Performance-Based Pay Improve Teaching?

    Yale SOM economist Barbara Biasi studied what actually happened when some school districts in Wisconsin started paying partly based on effectiveness.

    A teacher in a classroom.
  • Can Trusted Brands Beat ‘Fake News’?

    Time Inc.’s chief content officer sees “fake news” as an opportunity for trusted brands in journalism to re-emerge—if they can find a business model.

    Time Inc. headquarters
  • How Can Philanthropy Do More Good?

    Aaron Dorfman of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy argues that foundations need to re-think their strategies and tactics.

  • Is Antitrust Enforcement Out of Date? 

    U.S. antitrust laws, Yale SOM’s Fiona Scott Morton says, were written when new technology meant “typewriters and buggy whips and bicycles.” She assembled a group of economists and legal scholars to examine areas in which enforcement is out of sync with a changing economy.

    The buggy whips page from the 1910 Sears, Roebuck & Co. "Harness, Saddles, and Saddlery Goods" catalog