People and Research Research Insights

Management

Robust Contract Designs: Linear Contracts and Moral Hazard
Dr. YU Yimin
Robust Contract Designs: Linear Contracts and Moral Hazard

Operations Research, September 2020

Performance-based contracts are increasingly widespread, but how to design effective contracts? We take a look at incentive contracts under model uncertainty.

A multilevel contingency model of employee ownership and firm productivity
Dr. Kyoung Yong Kim
A multilevel contingency model of employee ownership and firm productivity

Organization Science, December 2020

Employee stock ownership supposedly empowers employees and improves organizational financial performance. But how effective is this model across a range of different industries? 

Diversity, Religion and Market Emergence
Dr. Shipeng Yan
Diversity, Religion and Market Emergence

Organization Science, May 2020

Does religion foster entrepreneurship or constrain it? We take a look at the impact of Islamic investment funds 

Why Do Banks Favour Employee-Friendly Firms?
Dr. Zheng Wang
Why Do Banks Favour Employee-Friendly Firms?

Organization Science, April 2020

It pays to be good! Firms treating their employees favourably are charged lower interest rates by their creditors