Business and Economics
What Are the Risks and Rewards of Small-Cap Stocks?
A heavyweight boxer would likely pulverize a flyweight boxer. But in small-cap stock investing, David sometimes beats Goliath. […]
Business and Economics
Business and Economics
Behavioral Economics: How “Triggers” Affect Your Decisions
A trigger is any stimulus in the environment that makes us think about a related concept or idea. How do businesses and marketing professionals use this psychological phenomena to their advantage? Welcome to the world of behavioral economics. […]
Business and Economics
Great Leaders: Eisenhower and the Pursuit of Small Wins
Truman had experienced how hard it was to get things done in a government bureaucracy. He learned that even if a president issued a command, it did not mean that various departments of the government would implement it as he wished. But he also understood that effective leaders pursue an iterative process of divergence and convergence. They stimulate debate, but are always on the lookout for common ground. […]
Business and Economics
The Rule of 100: What Makes Something Seem Like A Good Deal?
What makes something seem like a good deal? Subtle ways of framing the same information can make consumers more compelled to purchase. For example, let’s look at “The Rule of 100”. […]
Business and Economics
Power Posing: Change The Course Of Your Next Job Interview
Ever heard the phrase fake it till you make it? Turns out there’s some truth to it. Power posing can make your next job interview, speech, or negotiation more successful. […]
Business and Economics
World Economics: A Historical Perspective
How is economic history different from a history of economics? What are the primary concerns of today’s economic historians? Why does modern economic history “begin” around 1400? Welcome to the study of human survival – the study of Economic History. […]
Business and Economics
Fisher and Price: The Original Growth Stock Investors
Growth stocks have the potential to go up 1000% or more from inception. Occasionally, you’ll find a growth stock in the bargain-basement bin. But, usually, it’s up to you to make the assessment that a growth stock will keep growing. […]
Business Skills
The Social Context that Shapes our Talk
How you understand the messages sent to you is shaped in large part by your culture and subcultures—the contexts in which you learned “normal” ways of seeing and hearing the world around you. Grasp the key dimensions along which cultures can be compared […]
Business Skills
The Magic of Everyday Communication
Our cultural learning tells us that talk is about influential talk—saying the right words in the right way. […]
Business and Economics
The Wisdom of Crowds
By Scott E. Page, PhD, University of Michigan How can diverse ways of thinking contribute to the ability of a collection of people to make […]