A childhood passion for motorsports sparked a lifelong pursuit of understanding what makes organizations perform at their best. Today, Distinguished Professor Mark Huselid is helping leaders rethink talent, strategy, and the future of work.
For Kimberly Eddleston, family business is more than a field of study, it's part of who she is. Drawing from a lifetime of firsthand experience and decades of influential research, the Schulze Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation has helped reshape how scholars and business leaders understand family enterprise.
Associate Dean Koen Pauwels' latest research examines why some negative retail incidents fade quickly while others escalate into crises. Analyzing 510 incidents, the study finds that patterns in stakeholder reactions, not the amount of attention an incident receives, are key to predicting financial impact.
Intellectual humility (IH)—a recognition of one's own intellectual limitations—can reduce polarization and foster more understanding across lines of difference.
For Nada Sanders, the most important breakthroughs have rarely come from perfect data or elegant models. They have come from friction — from the moment when theory fails, when numbers resist, and when human behavior refuses to fit neatly into equations. It is in that tension that she has built her career, not by forcing the world to match the model, but by reshaping the model to reflect the world as it is.
Managers give more work to employees they perceive as being more intrinsically motivated under a “naive belief.”
Northeastern University marketing professor Koen Pauwels was the recipient of the 62nd annual Robert D. Klein University Lecturer Award.
Assistant Professor Weiling Liu reimagined a flagship econometrics course at D'Amore-McKim, swapping legacy tools for Python and machine learning, all while earning the Rupert Teaching Innovation & Excellence Award along the way.
The Rupert Award-winning professor uses competitions, real-world standards, and a healthy respect for human ingenuity to turn business students into world-class data storytellers.
Are apologies always the best policy? New research finds that in food service, they can actually make things worse for businesses and customers.
AI data centers are largely to blame for the RAM shortage, experts explain.
For nearly five decades, Ravi Ramamurti has expanded the lens of global business — challenging institutions to recognize the power and potential of emerging markets. As a scholar, teacher, and founder of Northeastern's Center for Emerging Markets, he has turned overlooked economies into central conversations in classrooms and boardrooms alike. By shaping research, influencing policy, and preparing students to lead in a shifting global landscape, Ramamurti exemplifies what it means to be an impact maker.