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Dec 3, 2024 | 
phys.org | Benjamin Kessler |George Mason
The March 24, 2021 edition of neighborhood newspaper Northeast News, out of Kansas City, Missouri, contained a surprise for its 9,000 subscribers. Where the front-page news should have been, there was a big, blank white space. This was no printer's error, but a last-ditch cry for help. After 89 years in operation, Northeast News had found itself on the brink of insolvency due to the loss of key advertisers amid the COVID pandemic.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
msn.com | Benjamin Kessler
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
phys.org | Benjamin Kessler |George Mason
The economy, we're often reminded, is cyclical. But we all hope our careers won't be. That means those of us who make it to the very top—CEOs, for instance—may be unduly influenced by memories of prior economic go-rounds. David Koo, assistant professor of accounting in the Donald G.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
phys.org | Benjamin Kessler |George Mason
For centuries, the Roncal Valley, in the Navarrese Pyrenees, has pleased the world's palates through the unique cheese that bears its name. The first Spanish cheese to receive Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status, Roncal owes its signature piquant bouquet to a closely guarded production process, which has historically used the milk of an indigenous breed of sheep called the latxa.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
phys.org | Benjamin Kessler |George Mason
For at least two years, CEOs have been trying to bring employees back to the office, citing remote work's supposed negative effects on productivity, morale, and creative collaboration. Managers, we're told, are having a hard time monitoring and motivating dispersed teams. But what if bringing employees back to the office won't put the genie back in the bottle?
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
gmu.edu | Benjamin Kessler
Body For at least two years, CEOs have been trying to bring employees back to the office, citing remote work’s supposed negative effects on productivity, morale, and creative collaboration. Managers, we’re told, are having a hard time monitoring and motivating dispersed teams. But what if bringing employees back to the office won’t put the genie back in the bottle? Kevin Rockmann, professor of management at the Donald G.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
phys.org | Benjamin Kessler |George Mason
Thanks so much for reading this article all the way to the end! No, that wasn't an editorial error. It's a savvy managerial motivation strategy lurking somewhere in almost every employee's inbox or Slack channel. Mandy O'Neill, an associate professor of management at the Donald G.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
gmu.edu | Benjamin Kessler
Thanks so much for reading this article all the way to the end! No, that wasn’t an editorial error. It’s a savvy managerial motivation strategy lurking somewhere in almost every employee’s inbox or Slack channel. Mandy O’Neill, an associate professor of management at the Donald G. Costello College of Business at George Mason University, has discovered a potential new addition to the annals of managerial motivation techniques: anticipatory gratitude.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
msn.com | Benjamin Kessler
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
phys.org | Benjamin Kessler |George Mason
It's no secret that the composition of the American economy is changing. As the manufacturing sector continues to decline, the balance is slowly tipping even further away from goods and towards services. In line with this larger trend, many firms have been leaning toward newer business models that give customers choices other than outright ownership of a product, such as pay per use (Uber, etc.) or subscriptions (Spotify, Netflix, etc.).
