Disclosing minority ownership can build resilience during product failures by leveraging consumer empathy.

BALTIMORE, MD, January 28, 2025 – Could your favorite hobbies help you get ahead at work? New research published in the INFORMS journal Organization Science explores “leisure-work synergizing,” a novel strategy for integrating professional development into leisure activities. The findings suggest that this approach can help employees thrive in their careers while enjoying their personal lives – but only if used in moderation.

A study by researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health analyzed recent consolidation trends for primary care physicians and the resulting impacts on costs to patients.

Why would film producers seek an R rating instead of making their film accessible to a broader audience? There are key financial reasons, and the principle applies to marketing for many types of products and services, says Raghunath Rao, chair of the Department of Marketing and the Arthur James Douglass Centennial Professor in Entrepreneurship and Small Business at Texas McCombs. Sometime, pushing away one group of customers can ultimately increase profits.

The University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business is pleased to announce the newly established Keith C. Brown Endowed Scholarship, named to honor one of the school’s celebrated finance professors. Made possible by the generosity of one of Brown’s former students, Danielle DiMartino Booth, MBA ’96, and her husband, John, the scholarship will support high-potential Texas undergraduate students from low- and middle-income families, with a preference for students at Texas McCombs.

Strategic corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts that are directly related to a hospitality company’s core business operations and competencies can help companies create both social and business value, according to researchers in the Penn State School of Hospitality Management.