New Year’s Resolution
Christina Fong’s four tips to becoming a more effective networker in 2015 At the dawn of any new year, it’s human nature to take stock of... Read More
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William F. Sharpe’s seminal work at the Foster School in the 1960s forever clarified the relationship between risk and return in capital markets, and later... Read More
Sharpe’s living laboratory
In keeping with the era’s zeitgeist, William Sharpe’s time on the Foster School faculty (1961-68) was radically experimental. “I’m a great believer that if you... Read More
Sharpe Investing
William Sharpe offers tips for savvy investing, adapted from his 2007 book “Investors and Markets” and informed by his seminal work at Foster in the... Read More
Great Reads: Behavior & Business
We asked Foster School faculty members to weigh in on their favorite books in the area of behavior & business—that is, the motivations of consumers, employees,... Read More
The Foster Why
In the Foster School’s Behavioral Lab, a remarkable collaboration of faculty and students is discovering why we do the things we do We’re more likely... Read More
Student Turns Scholar
A former Foster student’s undergraduate exposure to behavioral research has led to a promising academic career Serving as an experimental subject in the Foster Behavioral... Read More
Entrepreneurs, like teenagers, need a guiding mother
Entrepreneurs and adolescents have a lot in common. Both are bounding with energy, navigating rapid changes, still learning the world around them—and, yes, brimming with... Read More
Short-sellers trade on accounting information, not price declines
Short-sellers get a bad rap. These audacious investors—who profit when stock prices fall—make a convenient scapegoat for market crashes and frequently draw the ire of... Read More
Workplace courage: what makes people act?
There are no courageous people, only courageous acts. And though they are infrequent, those acts are very revealing. That’s the conclusion of a unique study... Read More