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Discrimination | Organizational Behavior

Why Anti-Asian Discrimination Is Often Overlooked at Work

New research shows that people rely on mental prototypes when discerning racial discrimination in the workplace — and Asian Americans are less likely to fit that template.

20 Feb

• Startups | Strategy

  Does Gender Diversity Attract Investors? It Depends.

  In startup accelerator programs, gender diversity alone doesn’t engage investors — what matters more is that founder and mentor teams align in their gender composition.

  6 Feb

  
• Negotiations | Finance

  How Do Firms Actually Use Hurdle Rates?

  New research shows how firms use hurdle rates differently in practice than finance theory predicts.

  23 Jan

  
• AI | Finance

  Teaching Finance in the Age of AI

  Professor Kerry Back received the 2025 Financial Management Association’s Innovation in Teaching Award. We sat down with him to talk about how AI is changing finance — and the way we teach it.

  6 Jan

  

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