MBA student Samantha Contreras shares how the Big Bang! helped prepare startup PairAnything, Inc. for success in the billion dollar wine industry.

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.