Can “lean” teaching lead to “fat” learning? First, using a simple benefit maximization model, we characterize lean synchronization in teaching and learning as a distinctive pathway for maximizing aggregate students’ learning. Next, using a two-group post-test only quasi-experiment in...

Using a novel measure, we study how the religiosity of independent directors induces a higher sense of corporate purpose and how that affects firm value. We find that religious directors differentially conduct board oversight and help propagate a corporate culture consistent with an authentic...

Using the multiple Emmy Award-winning television game show, Cash Cab, as a pseudo-laboratory, we find that the presence (or addition) of one powerful or influential female in (or to) a small (previously homogeneous male) group significantly reduces the group’s willingness to take qualitatively...