Northwest InsightsTaking a city’s pulse with moveable sensorsJuly 30, 2019Study quantifies how much of Manhattan 10 taxis cover in a day — to better measure air pollution, traffic, and moreRead MoreBeyond the Alphabet: The ABCs of analytic writingJuly 30, 2019In business, it doesn’t matter how well you know your subject. If your good idea is buried in a maze of clumsy language, it’s lost. Your reader won’t even take time to search.Read MoreHow to curb short-termism and boost the US economyJuly 29, 2019The Securities and Exchange Commission is having an open conversation about public companies in the US having to report their corporate finances biannually rather than quarterlyRead MoreGig workers – What makes it worth it?July 28, 2019The promise of the gig economy is of working on a schedule of your own choosing. Does controlling their own time actually make gig workers better off?Read MoreWhen it comes to climate change, don’t forget the microbesJuly 27, 2019A brown layer of ice algae coats the flanks of sea ice in Antarctica. These microbes thrive in sea ice ‘houses’ and are the beginning of many food webs, which branch out to feed all larger lifeforms.Read MoreAre you constantly distracted ?July 26, 2019Neuroscientists might have found the answers by tracing a brain circuitRead MoreIt might just be the time to embrace passive management for goodJuly 26, 2019Chicago Booth’s Eugene F. Fama weighs in on market efficiency, active management, and corporate governance, among other topics, and explains why investors shouldn’t buy hedge funds.Read MoreActivist shareholders may help firms in the long termJuly 25, 2019Activist shareholders are often criticized for seeking quick profits instead of nurturing companies’ long-term health. But in a new study, Yale SOM’s Song Ma and his collaborators find evidence that activist hedge fund investors boost innovation during the five years after intervention.Read MorePreviousPage 1Page 2Page 3Page 4Page 5…Page 8NextNorthwest Executive EducationNorthwest offers long term and comprehensive executive education programs in collaboration with world’s best universities like MIT, UCLA Anderson, Chicago Booth, Yale and Berkeley. Subscribe to our blog to stay up-to-date on hot business topics, faculty research and news, world events, participant insights, and much more!Subscribe to Northwest Insights CategoriesArtificial IntelligenceBehavioralEconomicsEntrepreneurshipExecutive EducationFinanceLeadershipMachine LearningManagementMarketsPeoplePublic AffairsResearchScience & EnvironmentStrategyTechnologyInterested in writing a guest post?View the guest blogger guidelines
