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Professor Asa Palley, an expert in decision analysis, applies some hard math to figure out how we can save Earth from asteroids.

Asa is an Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Data Analytics & Decision Sciences (DADS) area at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. He also serves as an Associate Editor for Management Science.

For decades, organizations essentially bought talent from outside. But in an era where AI is rewriting job descriptions every six months and careers are stretching 60 years, the “buy talent” model is broken. To succeed, organizations must pivot to become builders of capability.

Power is one of the most misunderstood and uncomfortable topics in organizational life. In a new technical note, UVA Darden Professor Peter Belmi and case researcher Bianca Kemp clarify what power truly is, how it differs from status and why that distinction matters.

Laura Morgan Roberts, an associate professor at UVA Darden, discusses the concept of “flourishing at work” by exploring four freedoms: the freedom to be, the freedom to become, the freedom to fade and the freedom to fail.

Agentic AI is positioned to transform supply chain management. But the biggest challenge, says UVA Darden professor Timothy Laseter, is moving from pilots to production across complex, real-world supply chains. His new white paper offers practical guidance for business leaders aiming to scale agentic AI in supply chain operations.

UVA Darden professor Justin Hopkins reframes accounting as the language that drives strategy, incentives and behavior — showing MBA students, through cases from WWE to Tesla, how financial information shapes the choices leaders make.

Do executives pay a lower price for white-collar crime than the rest of us? New research from UVA Darden Professor Justin J. Hopkins challenges the popular narrative that those who commit financial crimes get away with just a proverbial slap on the wrist.

The LaCross Institute converges Darden's core strengths: business ethics, stakeholder theory, an enterprise-wide perspective, and cutting-edge data analytics and decision science. This powerful combination equips leaders with the critical insights and ethical grounding needed to thrive in the AI-driven world.

AI is no longer an experiment in health care — it's driving breakthroughs across drug discovery, patient care, insurance and public health. A new Darden technical note by Marc Ruggiano and Surbhi Guha (Class of 2026) shows how AI adoption is reshaping the industry and offers lessons for leaders in every sector.