Lehigh University Business Thought Leadership

Rising inflation—provided the increase is modest—might actually be good news for workers who have seen little growth in their paychecks in recent years.

Looking at the facts over more than six decades, the argument that cutting tax rates spurs economic growth seems more like magical thinking than sound economics.

What do business schools have in common with potato farms? A lot more than you probably think.

For at least the next two decades, the heavy lifting of transforming the world economy to a greener state will rest on the back of batteries.

The next wave of transformational innovation may well come from creating new mediums, platforms, and techniques to boost self-awareness in young people ubiquitously connected to social media.

After-hours emails from employers are causing emotional exhaustion and anticipatory stress among workers, leading some to call for a “right to disconnect.”.

One of the key benefits often cited by supporters of microfinance is that it empowers women. But some critics question the conventional wisdom. A look at some of the issues involved.

The e-commerce explosion over the past two decades has made supply chain and logistics management more important than ever—for consumers as well as companies.

Research shows that companies that think a killer mobile app is the sole key to success in online shopping are likely to come up short when their customers check out.

There is a flaw in our nation’s current decentralized, state-by-state regulatory approach to air pollution: The wind doesn’t recognize state borders.

The Physical Internet is based on applying the technologies and methodologies of the digital internet to the physical world. Here's what you need to know.

Will a robot one day take your job? A more likely scenario is that the future of work means cooperation between humans and the robots.

Eliminating the Affordable Care Act’s mandate requiring everyone to have health insurance would undermine the concept of risk pooling necessary to make any market-based system work.

You may not know what drop shipping is. But if you shop online, you've probably done it without even knowing.

The failure of Congress to address our burgeoning national debt problem as part of tax reform could have dire consequences for our nation.

Our tax code is unnecessarily complex and a waste of national productivity. Surely, there must be a better way for our government to collect taxes.

A detailed look at who benefits most from the tax plans offered by President Trump and House Republicans, and what impact they would have on national debt.

Tax reform legislation that will add at least another $1.5 trillion to the national debt over the next decade raises the question: Should we be adding any amount to our nation’s debt at this point?.

Paid search advertising on Yelp can boost interest in small businesses that might otherwise get overlooked by consumers, research shows.

Research—and the Ghostbusters movie—have shown that while humanized brand characters can create strong emotional bonds between consumers and products, they can cause an even stronger backlash when things go wrong.

Research shows that emotional ambivalence can help managers make more accurate decisions and deliver better outcomes for all. So why doesn’t it get more respect?.

The same thing that makes Bitcoin a safe currency—its high degree of security—also makes it attractive to criminals, and untrustworthy in the public's eyes.

Studies show that the impacts of microcredit appear to be fairly modest—helpful, but certainly not the magic bullet solution to global poverty.

China's failure to deal with mounting economic difficulties may portend increasing destabilization in the region.

A recent study shows that merely thinking about being uncomfortably hot can increase fatigue, alter a person’s mood, and change her or his behavior in ways that are, quite literally, unhelpful.