Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images For tech companies worldwide, expanding into a new market is both a rite of passage and a moment of truth. It represents the transition from early promise to meaningful scale — an opportunity to increase revenue, signal growth potential to investors, and unlock powerful sources of differentiation, such as… →

Well before he was leading the Rebellion and clashing lightsabers with Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker was a mere apprentice, training in the swamps of Dagobah while carrying his master Yoda on his back.   The experience of apprentices and trainees in the real world is not that different from Luke’s. Take, for example, the junior lawyer… →

“Nobody wants to work anymore.” Or at least that’s what many employers have been claiming, especially those who have trouble hiring workers.  The National Federation of Independent Business, for example, found in its January 2026 report that 88 percent of small businesses looking to hire workers reported there were few or no qualified applicants to… →

Sometimes, a near miss can feel almost as bad as an actual disaster.  A soccer team may give up a last-minute goal that gets overturned on review. The stock market could approach the point of crashing. Or tensions between two countries may reach the brink of violence, before being negotiated back at the eleventh hour. … →

There are times when we can be sticklers for punishment, demanding retribution for even the smallest mistake.  But what drives us to behave this way?   That’s the question that Kellogg’s Maryam Kouchaki, along with Rajen A. Anderson of the University of Leeds and Benjamin C. Ruisch of the University of Kent, sought to investigate. Because… →

Negotiation is a core skill in business, essential for discussing salaries, bargaining contracts, and making deals. But does the ability to resolve conflict and find agreement in the office translate to tricky situations with friends and family?  Only if you handle those negotiations with care, says Leigh Thompson, J. Jay Gerber Professor of Dispute Resolution… →