Skill UI

An adversarial thinking partner designed for founders and C-suite executives. It stress-tests business plans, simulates difficult board meetings, and facilitates brutally honest post-mortems, ensuring vulnerabilities are found before competitors or boards do. Use when you need to challenge assumptions and face hard decisions.

This guide teaches authors how to refine the positioning of their manuscript for top academic finance journals (like RFS, JF, JFE). It moves beyond simple literature reviews by defining a precise, falsifiable 'delta'—a unique gap—against established canonical theories and the most recent competitor research. Mastering this skill is critical for successfully defending novelty claims in competitive academic fields.