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September 14, 2016
How LeBron James chose to communicate his controversial career moves is subject of Weatherhead School of Management research paper
NBA star LeBron James made career decisions in 2010 and 2014 that stunned the sports world and eventually resulted in two team championships with the Miami Heat and one ...

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August 01, 2016
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ School of Law Professor Jonathan Adler and business law experts examine U.S. Supreme Court’s record on business cases
At first glance, the new book Business and the Roberts Court (Oxford University Press) is a valuable read for lawyers practicing business law, and for the academ...

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April 12, 2016
International law authority examines right to use force in self-defense against threats within a nation that can’t or won’t stop terror attacks
An urgent need to respond with force to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has permanently changed the use of self-defense in international law to a...

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April 07, 2016
Mindfulness is often viewed as either a touchy-feely fad or valuable management tool that can lift an entire workplace.
A new comprehensive analysis of mindfulness research, co-directed by a management scientist at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ, suggests the latter—that injecting a corporate cult...
February 08, 2016
CEO Magazine ranked ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ's Weatherhead School of Management full-time MBA and executive MBA programs as Tier One in their 2016 Global MBA Rankings.
The CEO Magazine Global MBA Rankings are designed with applicants in mind and examine the nuts and bolts of an MBA: the lear...

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January 14, 2016
In the heat of competition, women value winning more than men.
Women also bid more in auctions than men—but only when competing against other women. Against men, women bid about the same as men competing against each other.
These discoveries, drawn from a new study co-written by an economist at Ca...
October 27, 2015
CWRU Weatherhead School of Management Economics Professor Susan Helper has key role in collaborative national research
Weatherhead School of Management Economics Professor Susan Helper will play a lead role on a team that began developing the research the past two years, while Helper was on leave ...
August 31, 2015
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ School of Law faculty member Ayesha Bell Hardaway began reparations research as CWRU law student
This year marks the 150-year anniversary of the abolition of slavery in America. Over the years, there have been numerous unsuccessful attempts to secure reparations for A...
November 12, 2014
School of Law professor has analyzed data from 178 environmental lawsuits
Legal attempts to deter major emitters of environment-damaging greenhouse gases (GHGs) have been ineffective and are unlikely to have much effect for years, a ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ School of Law professor concludes in peer-revi...
April 22, 2014
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ management researcher finds corporate finances reflect how well board members play as a team
A board of directors can better accomplish a company's goals when the members function well as a team, according to a management researcher who studied what makes boards effec...