QUICK SUMMARY:

• Team members should align their idea pitches to the style of their creative project leader
• Creative project leaders most often self-define themselves as “idealists” or “pragmatists”
• Idealists are more likely to be receptive to low-conviction pitches.
• Pragmatists are more likely to be receptive to high-conviction pitches

Creative collaborators can gain greater acceptance of their ideas at work if they customize their idea pitches to the personal identities of project leaders, according to a new study from the Univer

Professor Kim Elsbach shares new research examines leadership personality traits and how they affect ideas being accepted and rejected.

Assistant Professor Paul Wong and his co-authors explain how the familiarity of a former partner who sits on the company’s audit committee can actually be a benefit.

Outcry over Ken Fisher’s inappropriate comments prompted a formal apology and a loss of investments. Professor Brad Barber shares why there are so few women in finance and what can be done to adjust that trend.

Assistant Professor Paul Wong and his co-researchers discuss the implications of a former partner of a Big-Four accountancy sitting on the audit committee of the member’s former company.

Audit committees that include a former partner from the firm that audits their company can still retain their independence and have high-quality audits, according to a new study from Assistant Professor Paul Wong and his co-researchers.

Professor Paul Griffin shares new research on the market value risk following episodes of extremely hot weather, especially for small firms in the South and Southeast.

Climate change is making business and investors sweat.

Research from the University of California, Davis, finds episodes of extremely hot weather lead to declines in market value. This is especially true in the South and Southeast, and for small firms — which lost an average of more than $17 million in the month following the hot weather.

“These findings of a negative market response imply that the equity market recognizes but underprices weather-related climate risk." —Paul Griffin, UC Davis Graduate School of Management accounting professor