Ownership

Eight studies by Professor Adam Galinsky and colleagues find a robust negative relationship between the experience of power and the experience of loneliness.

In a journal article by Oriana Bandiera, Luigi Guiso, Andrea Prat, and Raffaella Sadun, the authors combine unique administrative and survey data to study the match between firms and managers, illustrating how risk aversion and talent shape firms' selection and motivation of managers.

Professor Stefan Meier and colleagues find that, among low socio-economic groups, scarce resources indeed can affect one’s willingness to delay gratification when making choices about monetary rewards.

In “Board Composition and CEO Power,” Professor Tim Baldenius and colleagues study the optimal composition of corporate boards.

Professor Daniel Wolfenzon and colleague provide insights into this form of family firm ownership in “A Theory of Pyramidal Ownership and Family Business Groups.”