Tip Sheets

Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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Super Bowl ad market an increasingly scarce resource

February 8, 2024

Jura Liaukonyte, professor of marketing in Cornell University’s SC Johnson College of Business, says that in today's media landscape—characterized by a plethora of streaming platforms and channel—capturing the attention of a large, unified audience at a single point in time is exceedingly challenging.

Johnson Graduate School of Management
Economics and Business
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

Despite bumpy rollout and ‘polarizing style’, Cybertruck stokes anticipation

November 29, 2023

Art Wheaton, an expert on transportation industries and director of labor studies at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, comments on Tesla's first deliveries of its highly scrutinized Cybertruck.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

AG ruling forces Uber, Lyft to acknowledge that drivers are employees

November 2, 2023

Andrew Wolf is an assistant professor at Cornell University’s School of Industrial & Labor Relations, where his research focuses on labor markets in the gig economy. He said the settlement is emblematic of how gig companies have historically shifted all the risks for employment onto drivers.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
New York State
Industrial and Labor Relations

Autoworker strike entering escalation phase—what’s next?

September 21, 2023

Art Wheaton serves as director of labor studies at Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) Buffalo Co-Lab.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Industrial and Labor Relations

Will the summer of strikes spread to the Detroit Three?

August 9, 2023

Art Wheaton serves as director of labor studies at Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR).

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Economics and Business

Tech Hub designation puts upstate on cusp of ‘new wave of economic growth’

October 23, 2023

Tom Schryver, Executive Director of the Center for Regional Economic Advancement (CREA) at Cornell University, says the designation is a great opportunity for growth in upstate.

New York State
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

iPhone standardization: EU regulations benefit US consumers

September 12, 2023

Apple is likely to announce its latest iPhone models will have a USB-C port instead of the standard Lightning connector. The change follows legislation in the European Union requiring the use of USB-C on all smartphones with a physical port sold in member countries.

Economics and Business
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

As ADA turns 33, more work remains to protect disability access

July 24, 2023

Jennifer Perry is an access specialist at the Yang-Tan institute where she focuses on how the human built environment can best include people with disabilities and how to follow the law when building or remodeling.  

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Labor Relations & Human Resources
Law, Government & Public Policy

Mixed economic messages as consumers head into Black Friday

November 21, 2023

Randy Allen, senior lecturer of management at Cornell University’s SC Johnson College of Business, is an expert in retail and consumer behavior.

Economics and Business
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

May Day strikes: French far-right gains ground as working people’s party

May 1, 2023

Mabel Berezin is a professor of sociology at Cornell University and an expert on international populism and fascism, she says the French right wing is the real beneficiary from Macron’s sliding approval ratings.

International
Labor Relations & Human Resources
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Law, Government & Public Policy