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AI Strength in Austrian Businesses
WU Report: Austria has excellent AI talent, but too little of it, and the best experts are leaving
Peer evaluations are fairer when teams know they’re successful
Research shows: Timing peer evaluations to take place after the outcome of a successful project has been communicated can reduce bias.
AI identifies corruption risks in the public sector
New study shows: Public servants’ values and attitudes predict corruption susceptibility better than income or education.
Women take on more “office housework” in companies
New study reveals: Voluntary extra tasks in organizations are unevenly distributed
Family firms: A good reputation can come at a price
Study shows that consumer reactions to family firms depend on whether a negative incident was within the company’s control
What drives family firms’ internationalization?
New WU study shows how governance and culture shape the internationalization of family firms.
New study refutes traditional theories of executive risk-taking
NFL data and lab experiments show how psychosocial factors influence competitive decisions
Domestic violence and workplace inequalities are closely connected
Domestic violence is reinforced by inequalities at the household, workplace, and broader societal levels that disproportionally affect women.
Inconsistent beliefs: Getting a grasp on contradictions
Many of our beliefs are more contradictory than we like to think. As part of a new Special Research Area, WU Vienna researchers want to shed light on the reasons why.
Headquarters in Austria: “A great way to enter the European market”
Chiara Fabrizi from WU’s Institute for International Business is the co-author of the first comprehensive study on headquarters in Austria. We asked her what she had learned from analyzing 1,500 Austrian headquarters – and what she would recommend to policymakers who want to attract international businesses.
A Community Effort Towards Reproducible Management Science
Whether we can really trust scientific studies depends on one important factor: reproducibility. Data can only be reproduced by other researchers if it is documented transparently. A team including Ben Greiner, Miloš Fišar and Christoph Huber from the WU Institute for Markets and Strategy has investigated the extent to which this applies to management science. They have summarized their most important findings here.
Less is more: CEOs cutting their own pay increases employee motivation
When managers give up part of their salary, this can boost the motivation of the entire workforce – especially when they do so of their own free will and the money benefits the employees or a good cause. This is the finding of a study by WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business).