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Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, and other streaming giants are pouring billions into high-profile series. But is a handful of megahits really enough to attract new subscribers while keeping existing audiences engaged? The answer, it turns out, is more complicated than the industry tends to assume.

For Waymo, Google’s self-driving car unit, each trip is a real-world test of whether its business model holds up. The bigger question, according to Interim Dean Mike Lenox, is: who will capture the value — the companies that build the vehicles, or those that write the software that drives them? 

Mike Lenox and Yael Grushka-Cockayne talk with Ian Appel, UVA Darden Associate Professor and Academic Director of Richard A. Mayo Center for Asset Management, about Fintech and the future of banking.

New research from UVA Darden Professor Roshni Raveendhran offers a structured approach to designing remote work strategies that align with an organization's performance objectives rather than merely reacting to employees’ flexibility demands.

Darden Professor Tim Laseter shares take-aways from the world's largest technology trade show in Las Vegas. From robots to beauty tech to smart glasses, CES features the latest in cutting edge new tech. What’s new, scalable, or hype?

Entrepreneurship runs on asking. From testing ideas to securing customers and partners, progress depends on a founder’s ability to ask well. This isn’t a soft skill — it’s the core competency behind every venture. Here’s a practical guide to what to ask, whom to ask and how to ask effectively.

We all want to make better decisions, but what does it actually mean to think well? A new technical note co-authored by UVA Darden professor Lillien Ellis says effective thinking requires balancing analysis, imagination and judgment, and provides a practical framework for doing just that.

UVA Darden Professor and Interim Dean Mike Lenox says an AI bubble is already forming, but that’s a normal phase of technological disruption. As with past booms, a shakeout is likely, separating hype-driven firms from those with durable capabilities and real competitive advantage.

The fourth season of Good Disruption kicks off with a mini course on disruptive innovation. What is it and what are the markers of a major technological shift?

As we end our third season, Yael and Mike reflect on the disruptive technologies explored over the last year. It was an interesting mix of good, bad, and no disruption calls. Do they feel the same now about disruptive potential that they did when each episode first aired? What’s coming in 2026?