Two weeks before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, the Games are on track to incur a cost overun of USD 1.6 billion, or 51% in […]
Rio Olympics Set To Incur $1.6 Billion Cost Overrun
Biodiversity Should Be Focus Of Businesses’ Efforts To Mitigate Their Environmental Impact, Says New Report
Biodiversity, the variety of plant and animal life in the world, is a fundamental component of ‘natural capital’ that businesses are dependent upon but which often gets overlooked in assessments of their […]
Prof. Howard Raiffa, Giant In Game Theory And Decision Analysis, Dies At 92
Howard Raiffa, Harvard University’s Frank Plumpton Ramsey Professor of Managerial Economics Emeritus (a joint endowed chair at Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School), who was for decades a pioneering, extraordinarily influential, […]
Doing The Right Thing?
A complex mix of culture, compensation, and relative moral standards makes it difficult for individuals in the financial sector to identify ethically right actions. Imagine you are working as a relatively junior […]
Molecule Required For Pain Also Helps Regulate Body Weight
A molecule best known for its involvement in pain perception also plays an important role in regulating body weight, according to new studies in mice by scientists at the Howard Hughes Medical […]
Electronic Nose Detects Pesticides And Nerve Gas
Detecting pesticides and nerve gas in very low concentrations? An international team of researchers led by Ivo Stassen and Rob Ameloot from KU Leuven have made it possible. The best-known electronic nose is the […]
Migration Does Not Slow Rate Of Ageing Population
Different levels of migration have not led to different rates of population ageing within the UK population, new research from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) has found. The […]
Networks And Platform Based Business Models Win In The Digital Age, According To A New Study
A new research study to be published by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania’s SEI Center for Advanced Studies in Management gives credence to the power of evidence based management, big […]
Managers Take Note, “It Pays To Care” According To Warwick University Study
It can’t just be because Google have slides at their offices around the world that the company has been named by Fortune as the best company to work for in the US […]
Among High-Potential Employees, Women Earn More Than Men In Organizations With Diversity Goals, According To Research From NYU Stern
Corporate diversity initiatives create a pay premium for women who are in – or are likely to reach – senior management positions. Around the world, women with equivalent abilities and qualifications earn […]
Greater Freedom For Overqualified Employees Can Improve Performance
Overqualified workers will improve their performance and wellbeing if they have greater freedom within their role, new research from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) has found. The research, […]
Lean Manufacturing May Be One Path To Improving Working Conditions In Developing Countries
Introducing modern ‘lean’ processes to mass manufacturers in developing countries can have the effect of improving working conditions, according to a study by academics from Oxford, Stanford, and Brown universities. In a […]
Bringing Video Game Characters To Life With 3D Printing
More fun, improved digital literacy skills, and a better mix between ‘old-school’ playing and online games. According to researchers from KU Leuven and iMinds, toys that combine online and offline elements offer many […]
Global Migration, Ethnic Diversity Strengthen Long-Term Economy Of Country, Study Finds
Public debate about the consequences of migration around the world, particularly the issues of illegal immigration to the U.S. and the ongoing flow of migrants to Europe from war-torn countries, tend to […]
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