ASM, Harvard Business School collaborate to become 'HBX CORe'

An elegant explanation is offered by a recent study published in the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, a company's long-term success is greatly influenced by the circumstances surrounding its inception, rather than just changes in its markets.

Charles Chu, an assistant professor of management and organisations at the BU Questrom School of Business, studied the factors that influence how attracted or turned off we are by one another in a number of studies. He discovered that self-essentialist thinking, where people believe they have a deep inner core or essence that shapes who they are, was a key determinant

Even the shortest ties can sometimes lead to the deepest bonds in life. Like when you attend a party and run into someone wearing the T-shirt of your favourite band, or who laughs at the same jokes as you, or who picks up the oddball food you alone (or so you thought) enjoy. My favourite is when a conversation is started by a tiny, common interest that develops into an enduring love.

According to a recent study, turning off your notifications and ignoring your email at the end of the workday might help you become a better leader.

Consumers who are honest about their level of debt and join peer-supported debt counselling groups are more likely to get their finances in order than those who keep it a secret, according to a new study in the Journal of Marketing Research co-authored by Ivey Business School professor Miranda Goode.

Reports of globalization's death are premature, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Waterloo, the University of British Columbia and the China Europe International Business School in Shanghai.

A data-based method for periodically rearranging products enables retailers to optimize new store layouts based on customer familiarity with where their favourite things used to be.

Tufts University researchers have found that dollar stores are now the fastest-growing food retailers in the contiguous United States--and have doubled their share in rural areas. Households with more purchases at dollar stores also tend to be lower-income and headed by people of colour. The findings were published on January 19 in the American Journal of Public Health.

Estee Lauder has agreed to pay USD 2.8 billion to acquire Tom Ford's business. With a portfolio of brands that includes La Mer, Bobbi Brown, and Clinique, the Tom Ford deal also introduces clothes to Estee Lauder, a company which had previously been solely focused on the cosmetics industry.

According to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Brigham and Women's Hospital, healthier plant-based dietary habits were associated with better environmental health, whereas less healthy plant-based dietary patterns, which are higher in foods like refined grains and sugar-sweetened beverages, required more cropland and fertiliser.