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What Does Venting Really Mean for You and Your Team?
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
New research from Allison Gabriel, the Thomas J. Howatt Chair at Purdue’s Daniels School, takes a fresh look at a familiar but under-examined workplace behavior: receiving venting. The findings hold valuable lessons for both managers and employees seeking healthier, more emotionally intelligent workplaces.
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What Stands in the Way of Large Firms Being Replaced?
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
While innovation and entrepreneurship are often heralded as engines of economic progress, a crucial question remains underexplored: why do new firms so rarely succeed in replacing the old guard? In a forthcoming study for the Journal of Finance, Daniels School professors Mara Faccio and John McConnell find answers.
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Examining Barriers to Adopting New Technologies
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Purdue’s Jerry and Rosie Semler Chair in Economics Mario Crucini analyzes early U.S. exceptionalism in auto manufacturing in a new paper published in the Journal of International Economics.
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Rethinking Social Support
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Daniels School economics professor Victoria Prowse rethinks the effectiveness of social support, including unemployment insurance and welfare, in the face of diverse needs.
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