Research

Some of the most creative people in Canada have psychiatric disorders. They long to support themselves, but don’t function well in a corporate environment. They dream of running their own business, but can’t get start-up funding. read more

Roger Martin is the Dean of the Rotman School of Management the University of Toronto. His brilliant new book, Fixing the Game, explains why the private sector’s 35-year addiction to “maximizing shareholder value” has been disastrous for shareholders, for employees, the personal lives of executives, for the economy and for society at large. read more

From the Michelin Man to the Pillsbury Doughboy, anthropomorphized brands have often been used by companies eager to put a personal face on their products. Now new research shows that thinking about brands as people can make you either take on the brand’s characteristics or display the opposite characteristics, depending on how you feel about [...]

Exempting Canadians who make same-day shopping trips to the U.S. from paying duties on their first $200 in purchases will push down prices on this side of the border and help consumers take advantage of the strong loonie, says a University of Toronto expert. read more

It’s no surprise to University of Toronto researcher Lisa Kramer that financial market dips and crashes typically happen in the fall. Her most recent study, forthcoming in Social Psychological and Personality Science,  shows that people who experience seasonal depression shun financial risk-taking during seasons with diminished daylight but are more willing to accept risk in [...]

At the core of what you have been teaching and writing about is thinking – integrative thinking. What is integrative thinking and why is it important? read more

Nick Noorani has met a lot of talented immigrants who have had a hard time landing a job. read more

If one savings goal is a good thing, two or more should be great, right? Not really. Those who want to save are more apt to keep socking money away and more of it too, if they have just one goal in mind, shows work done in multiple countries by two researchers at the University [...]

A standoff in the U.S. over the debt ceiling. The possibility of more bailouts in Europe. Markets slumping almost everywhere. We spoke to Professor Eric Kirzner to get a sense of what’s causing financial uncertainty in the market right now—and how worried you should be. Kirzner is a professor of finance at the Rotman School [...]

Why would a person drive across town to get a bottle of wine rather than pick up a nice red down the street? read more