Leading business minds

Professor Elroy Dimson has for decades boosted our historical understanding of financial markets. He reflects on how he became hooked on financial data through an early sojourn into the corporate world, how markets history may judge artificial intelligence, and how his family’s wine business resonated in his research into collectibles.

There are big implications for artificial intelligence (AI) design and workplace management if anthropomorphic AI agents gain traction in the workplace, says Professor Jochen Menges. On the plus side, there may be comfort in dealing with a humanlike AI agent, but lost autonomy could bring a feeling of worthlessness to employees that managers must mitigate.

Most consumers are not starkly for or against meat substitutes, which are far more environmentally friendly than meat. Instead, complex factors including culture, taste, health and economics interact to shape individual choices, says research co-authored by Jaideep Prabhu of Cambridge Judge Business School that has practical implications for marketers and policymakers.