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January 29, 2016 Less Hubris Leads to Fewer Female Company Founders One explanation for why men are far more likely than women to start new ventures is that women have higher levels of humility and lower susceptibility to hubris, according to research by Venkat Kuppuswamy at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School and Ethan R. Mollick at Wharton. Using a data set of founders who have launched multiple crowdfunding campaigns, they found evidence that women are less likely than men to engage in entrepreneurship when faced with low-quality founding opportunities (a sign of lower hubris) and when faced with high-quality opportunities (a sign of greater humility). While decreased hubris benefits women individually, it disadvantages women as a group, as it leads to 23.2% fewer female-led foundings in their sample than would have occurred if women were as immodest and overconfident as men, the authors say. Source: Hubris and Humility: Gender Differences in Serial Founding Rates

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January 29, 2016 Successful Bosses Act Quickly to Reward Good Work One simple action can dramatically increase any manager’s success in gaining the support and engagement of employees: recognizing great work. That means calling out excellent accomplishments by your employees right away—and doing so in consistent and regular increments. A handwritten note trumps an email. Public recognition in a meeting or peer group makes people feel even more appreciated. And an award presented in a public setting is most effective in conveying a sense of a good job properly acknowledged. Not only does recognition have a powerful effect on those being called out, it also has a motivating impact on peers who see great work being rewarded. Adapted from "The Easiest Thing You Can Do to Be a Great Boss," by David Sturt

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January 28, 2016 Why China's Market Crash Is So Unsurprising By Linda Yueh The issues are structural.

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