51动漫

Duchin, the Coughlin Family Professor in the Seidner Department of Finance, was by the Times about Starbucks hiring of Brian Niccol as its top executive. Niccol lives in Southern California and will commute to Starbucks Seattle headquarters aboard the corporate jet. Duchin, who studied remote CEOs, said Niccol carbon-intensive commute 渋s an implicit stand on issues like sustainability.� And Starbucks does hold itself out as a sustainability leader, offering evidence on its website of its environmental bona fides. Hence Duchin quote about people buying the narrative (of sustainability), not just the cold brew or the apple crisp oat milk macchiato.

But bad optics may end up being the least of the coffee chain problems. Duchin shows that many remote CEOs don檛 work out攖heir companies underperform on a number of measures攁nd many firms that try them end up returning to a local leader. In a follow-up interview, Duchin added that Starbucks, with caf茅s on six continents, could be an exception, since its CEO likely spends much of his time traveling. He said too that companies aren檛 being irrational by betting on an itinerant boss. They檙e taking a risk to snag a better-qualified CEO than they might檝e otherwise hired. Niccol, for example, previously ran Chipotle and Taco Bell.

The Social Security trust funds are paying out more in benefits than they檙e taking in payroll taxes. Munnell, the Peter F. Drucker professor of management sciences and director of the Center for Retirement Research, that retiree benefits will have to be cut in the coming years unless something done. Potential solutions are straightforward攈igher payroll taxes, later retirement ages, or both. But politicians have been loath to apply them because, Munnell said, 淣obody wants to raise taxes or cut benefits.�

Can tarot cards foretell interest rate hikes? Do Capricorns rack up big gains in January? Fortune says some Gen Zs think so攁nd of course they tout those views on TikTok. One interviewee quit her job as a tarot reader to day trade. Hartzmark, a finance professor and a Hillenbrand Family Faculty Fellow, chasing fads like this, saying stock buys should be based on superior information or insight, not occult and astrology. But he said he understood why people fall for silliness: 淭he illusion of control. Financial decisions are complicated and scary.� He added: 淭he psychology here is nothing new. How it manifests itself is a little bit different due to technological change.�

Returning to work after childbirth is challenging for mothers in the United States, which lacks paid federal leave. Research by Rogers, an assistant professor of management and organization, and colleagues has identified four 渁llyship� behaviors that can help postpartum mothers in the workplace: helping navigate HR policies, creating flexible work environments, validating both professional and maternal identities, and offering emotional support. In an online聽 the researchers note that anyone, not just fellow parents or HR staffers, can act as an ally to a postpartum mom.