Operations
Does Eliminating a Testing Requirement Make College Admissions More Inclusive?
A new study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Faidra Monachou models the complex stew of factors in a college application and finds that dropping the test can increase diversity—but under certain circumstances, it can also have the opposite effect.
How Dangerous Is America?
In the Boston Globe Magazine, Professor Edward Kaplan writes that although more Americans report being worried about terror attacks, we are safer than we often feel. He cites his research that estimated the number of hidden terror plots being planned in the U.S. at any given time.
What makes an organization change?
With the financial sector attempting to adapt to regulatory and economic uncertainty, firms are forced to prioritize and change. Phil Davis '85, an experienced management consultant, discusses the factors that can make organizational change succeed or fail, whether in the financial industry or another sector.
What is trust worth?
Steve LaVoie founded Arrowstream to improve supply-chain management in the restaurant business. He discovered that the benefits of trust in markets have been overlooked, in part because of an overemphasis on individual actors as opposed to relationships. He also learned that building and maintaining trust is hard work.
