2019 HER Summit: WashU alums offer entrepreneurs advice, support
The Skandalaris Center at Washington University in St. Louis hosted its second annual HER Summit Oct. 19 to support women and minority entrepreneurs.
Equalize 2020: Empowering academic women entrepreneurs
Washington University in St. Louis is committed to supporting faculty, students and staff wherever they are on their entrepreneurial journey — and is especially invested in supporting women bringing their ideas and discoveries from the lab to the marketplace.
A terrific example of that commitment begins in St. Louis next year, with Equalize 2020.
Words matter: Earnings call language can foreshadow credit risk
Words company officials use in quarterly earnings calls with investors and analysts can be telling. An Olin Business School researcher and co-authors conducted a detailed, machine-learning study of such earnings calls.
Fifth annual Olin Sports Business Summit includes Warriors, Bulls, Dolphins and more
The fifth annual Olin Sports Business Summit convenes Oct. 18 in Knight Hall’s Emerson Auditorium. The 2019 lineup features numerous presentations from industry executives at professional basketball, football and soccer teams.
Using ‘World of Warcraft’ to cut gamer screen time, increase maker revenue
New research from Olin Business School finds that when a video game-making firms change a game’s rewards schedule and how it limits how long gamers can play in a sitting, the firm can actually make more money — and users devote a smaller share of their time on gaming.
Workplace theft is contagious (and strategic)
Three Olin Business School researchers completed a study of workplace theft among restaurant workers that details, for the first time, how such stealing is contagious — and new restaurant workers are particularly susceptible.
You’re so vain, you probably think this study’s about you
In a study co-authored by a Washington University in St. Louis business researcher, a survey that began with Generation X college students in 1992 and revisited when they were around age 41 finds that overall narcissism declined over time — as did the three narcissism components: vanity, leadership and entitlement.
Invite consumers to pop-up, and pop goes the spending — offline and online
Two Washington University in St. Louis researchers, along with a former fellow Olin Business School faculty member and Alibaba officials, flipped the pop-up business model, and possibly more. The co-authors found that inviting potential customers via text message could increase buying with both a pop-up shop retailer and similar product vendors online … for weeks and months to come.
Social Policy Institute launches at Washington University
The newly formed Social Policy Institute at Washington University in St. Louis will bring together the best research evidence from across disciplines to solve real-world challenges. The institute launches Sept. 24.
WashU Expert: Gig economy bill would have broad implications for American labor
Lawmakers in California have approved a bill that could pave the way for gig economy workers, such as Uber and Lyft drivers, to be reclassified as employees and not contract workers. If the bill becomes law, it will have broad implications for labor in America, says Pauline Kim, an employment law expert in the School of Law.
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