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INSEAD Insights: December 2025 Research Picks

Lily Fang

The latest research findings on regulatory missteps, muted innovation, labour market incentives and sharper marketing strategies.

Family Business

Family Offices and the Indian Opportunity

S. Agarwal, B. Vissa

As traditional safe havens falter, India emerges as a compelling diversification play.

Economics & Finance

The Rise of the “Pod Shop”

Ben Charoenwong

How a new type of organisational structure may be reshaping whole sectors of the finance industry.

Economics & Finance

Will Our Institutions Keep Up With AI?

Philippe Aghion

AI’s promise of faster growth hinges on how quickly competition policy, education and investment can adapt to the technology.
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INSEAD Insights: October 2025 Research Picks

Lily Fang

A new lens to understand loneliness, counterfeit products, share repurchases and more.

Economics & Finance

How Household Earnings Affect Children’s Mental Health

J. Furzer, L. Jones, K. Koebel, M. Stabile

Children’s mental well-being can take a hit when their families experience a negative income shock.

Economics & Finance

China's AI Involution: What the West is Missing

Lily Fang

While the West focuses on large language models, China's fierce internal competition and broader approach may define AI's next chapter.

Economics & Finance

What's Behind the Fourth-Quarter Earnings Dip?

Martin Kapons

Many companies consistently report lower earnings in the fourth fiscal quarter – a pattern that confounds both investors and analysts.
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Economics & Finance

Will Trump Unite India and China?

Pushan Dutt

There are no eternal allies or perpetual enemies. Only eternal and perpetual interests.

Economics & Finance

INSEAD Insights: August 2025 Research Picks

Lily Fang

How CEOs can get lucky, the benefits of urban mining, possible collusion in healthcare schemes and more.

Entrepreneurship

INSEAD Explains Entrepreneurship: Becoming an Entrepreneur by Acquisition

Ivana Naumovska

When entrepreneurs take over an established business, the challenge shifts from survival to operational excellence, innovation and growth.

Economics & Finance

INSEAD Insights: June 2025 Research Picks

Lily Fang

Building trust within networks, ways of tackling modern-day slavery and other research findings.
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Economics & Finance

The AI Race Through a Geopolitical Lens

Pushan Dutt

A new world order is unfolding as the US-China AI race meets geopolitics.
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Economics & Finance

How Private Equity Firms Can Ace Buy-and-Build

E. Douglas, I. Mohammed, C. Zeisberger

Brutal discipline aside, three factors determine the success of this value-creation strategy.

Economics & Finance

Dissecting the Impacts of Trump's Trade Policy

Ben Charoenwong

Who wins and who loses in America’s “rebalancing” act of global proportions?
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