From the 2026 Special Issue of McCombs Magazine Big Ideas Faculty Research and Insights from Texas McCombs History Offers Warning on Dollar and Deficits Economic fallout could be severe if the U.S. dollar falls from dominance as the world’s reserve currency Lessons Learned From the Space Shuttle Backtracks can create breakthroughs: NASA’s 1969-71 design process offers a road map for today’s breakthrough inventions, from rockets to new drugs Consumers Consider: Coincidence or Divine Intervention? Belief in a higher power influences reactions to corporate crimes and punishments Adjusted Earnings Don’t Fool Investors When companies omit stock-based compensation to make earnings look better, investors fill in the missing numbers Being Smart About Smart Tech Smart machines can make organizations less smart. Digital tools should complement group learning, not take its place
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