James Robinson of Chicago Harris joins Chicago Booth's Randall Kroszner and Amir Sufi to discuss the state of the global economy.

The reality for more than two-thirds of entrepreneurs is that their startups will go out of business within the first few years. Why do so many startups fail, and how do you foster a startup culture without blinding people to the harsh realities of entrepreneurship? Hal Weitzman is joined by Scott Meadow, Waverly Deutsch, and Craig Wortmann—all professors of entrepreneurship at Chicago Booth—in a panel discussion.

More than eighty percent of big companies in the US and the UK have identified their corporate culture or values, with the same words cropping up again and again. But often the employees of these companies think the stated values do not reflect reality, consider them little more than marketing or perhaps are even unaware they exist. In this episode of The Big Question, Chicago Booth's Luigi Zinagles, Amanda Sharkey and Alain Cohn discuss what corporate culture is and whether leaders can change that culture if it goes bad.

Impact investors are often prepared to accept lower-than-market financial returns, but would it make more sense to target profits first and foremost, and then give the proceeds away? Chicago Booth's Steven N. Kaplan and Rob Gertner are joined by Tasha Seitz, Chief Investment Officer at Impact Engine, and Liz Michaels, Chief of Staff and Director of ESG/SRI at Aperio Group, to discuss impact investing.

Almost every big company in America claims that innovation is in its DNA. Yet very few established corporations are truly innovative. In this live episode of The Big Question, Carol Bramson, Jeff Wicoxon and Chicago Booth's Greg Bunch and Michael Gibbs discuss the challenges to promoting innovation, when to experiment, and how corporations can overcome established processes and attitudes.

From activity trackers like Fitbit to the data crunchers in hospital systems, the amount of information being produced about our health is growing fast. David DiLoreto of Presence Health, Jonathan C. Silverstein of NorthShore University HealthSystem, Harold Pollack of University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration and Dan Adelman of Chicago Booth discuss if big data is making us healthier. This recording originally aired on The Big Question Video Series in May, 2015.

Deadlines have the power to motivate us and give us focus, but they can also produce stress and sleepless nights, not to mention brinkmanship and immobilization. So are deadlines really the best way for managers to get the most out of their employees? And are there better ways of using them that can capture some of the positives, with less of the stress? In this episode of the Big Question, Chicago Booth's Ayelet Fishbach, Oleg Urminsky and Devin G. Pope discuss how deadlines work, and how to make them work for you. This recording originally aired on The Big Question Video Series in April, 2015.

Meetings have earned a bad reputation in the modern workplace—they're dreaded for being long, pointless wastes of time. But meetings don't have to be a drain on productivity. Joel Mokyr and Leigh Thompson of Northwestern Kellogg join Reid Hastie and Harry L. Davis of Chicago Booth to discuss the potential pitfalls of group work. This recording originally aired on The Big Question Video Series in March, 2015.

Brands are estimated to account for about one third of the stock market value of companies in the S&P 500 index. A company's brand is often thought of as a critical part of its business strategy. Ann Mukherjee of PepsiCo joins Ann McGill and Pradeep Chintagunta of Chicago Booth to discuss the value of a brand. This recording originally aired on The Big Question Video Series in February, 2015.

It's hard to predict the pace of technological innovation, but there are steps we can take to make it more or less likely. Robert Gordon and Joel Mokyr of Northwestern University join Chad Syverson and Steven J. Davis to discuss the influence of innovation on the US economy. This recording originally aired on The Big Question Video Series in January, 2015.