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Who Has Clean Hands?

The unclean hands doctrine serves as a safety valve in the judicial system. “It protects the sanctity of the court,” says Maryland Smith professor T. Leigh Anenson.

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How Kraft Heinz Reveals the Limits of 3G's Strategy

For a long time, it has seemed like 3G Capital was the batter who couldn’t help but hit home runs. A model of good management, the private equity firm seemed to just keep hitting them out of the park. But is it?

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Can Marshalls Thrill Shoppers Online?

Marshalls has always been about the thrill of the hunt, even more so than it’s big-sister store, TJ Maxx. What happens when it goes online?

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What Are the Risks of a Morally Murky Job Referral?

Hiring managers invite harsh moral judgments when they give jobs to friends and acquaintances referred by high-powered individuals within their organizations.

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How Can Leaders Overcome Resistance to Change?

How do high-performing organizations learn and adapt their routines and procedures? Do they look to constantly bring new information into their processes?

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The Evolution Of Applied Psychology

To mark its 100th anniversary in 2017, Maryland Smith's Gilad Chen explored the evolution of the research featured in the Journal of Applied Psychology.

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Why There's An App For That

A new study examines what happens when a platform owner enters the market with a product that directly competes against rivals in the app store. Does it help or hurt innovation?

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How Do You Win in Online Auctions?

The burgeoning secondary market of online business-to-business (B2B) auction platforms connect retailers to deeper pools of buyers for their unsold or returned inventory.

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Do Public Firms Get a Bad Rap?

Pressure to deliver quarterly returns can drive managerial myopia. Recent studies link the short-termism to Wall Street culture and dynamics. But a deeper analysis tells a different story.

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How Do You Win Over a Tough Audience?

Reluctant consumers have three main ways to resist advertising. They can avoid it, contest it or look within themselves for empowerment. But marketers have tricks of their own.

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What Makes You Keep Reading?

Online content creators who want to keep people reading should start by making them angry or anxious, Maryland Smith research shows.

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Does Your Work Space Spark Joy?

Maryland Smith's Nicole M. Coomber shows you how to use Marie Kondo's KonMari method and other strategies to make your workplace more productive, and more joyful.

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