Competition
What Will It Take to Create Competitive Digital Markets?
Tech giants have been skirmishing almost daily with regulators and courts about their outsized power over our digital lives. Yale SOM economist Fiona Scott Morton recently published a collection of essays offering approaches to creating real competition in digital markets and making them work better for consumers.
Prof. Fiona Scott Morton Outlines Fixes for Healthcare Markets in Congressional Testimony
Prof. Scott Morton called a private healthcare system without competitive pressure “the worst of both worlds” in terms of costs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
