Business & Entrepreneurship

With thoughtful planning and policy interventions, the impending wave of small business ownership transitions coming as baby boomers retire can create opportunities for expanded employee ownership and greater inclusivity in business leadership, according to a new report from WashU Olin Business School and the Brookings Institution.

Peter Boumgarden, director of Olin Business School’s Koch Family Center for Family Enterprise, discusses Vice President Kamala Harris’ plan to expand the small business tax credit and other ways in which the government can support existing small businesses.

Washington University in St. Louis faculty experts are available to discuss a variety of topics related to the election, politics and national and local issues.

“Envy of the world” or a disgrace? Olin Business School’s John Horn discusses the state of the U.S. economy, President Joe Biden’s economic legacy and what to expect from a future Harris or Trump presidency.

Jason Riley, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a Wall Street Journal columnist, will deliver the keynote address for Olin Business School’s Brauer Lecture Series on April 18.

The studies that are frequently touted as proof of concept for a shortened work week are riddled with statistical flaws, according to Olin Business School’s Liberty Vittert, who testified March 13 before the U.S. Senate Committee on Heath, Education, Labor and Pensions.

After years of record investments and outsized returns fueled by ultralow interest rates, 3,200 U.S. private venture-backed companies — mostly tech startups — went out of business last year. Doug Villhard at Olin Business School said the bust will cause the industry to reassess what is really important.

Initial data from Italy’s monthlong ChatGPT ban in early 2023 demonstrates the technology’s transformative impact on business and the economy, according to Olin Business School’s Jeremy Bertomeu.

Yongseok Shin, an expert on macroeconomics and economic growth, was installed as the inaugural Douglass C. North Distinguished Professor in Economics at Washington University in St. Louis during a recent ceremony.

Limor Golan, an expert in labor economics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, was installed as the inaugural Laurence H. Meyer Professor at a ceremony in Holmes Lounge in March.