A survey of nearly 2,000 CEOs and CFOs reveals a startling disconnect between the value culture adds and how companies underinvest in it The corporate culture of firms is credited when they […]
CEOs And CFOs Share How Corporate Culture Matters
Junk-Food Junkies Go Healthy When Rewarded
Healthy eating habits are more important than ever, with advocates calling for fast-food restaurants, schools and food providers to promote the sale of salads and vegetables as alternatives to burgers and fries. […]
Reframing Through Scenarios Planning Unlocks New Opportunities In A Turbulent World
In turbulent and uncertain conditions, using scenarios to reframe and re-perceive challenges can offer a better approach to strategy formation than evidence-based planning, risk-management, and projection, say the authors of a new […]
In Today’s Advertising Environment, Cleverness Can Backfire
When it comes to display advertising — especially online — simpler can be better. That’s the implication of new research from the University of Maryland and Tilburg University in The Netherlands. One theory of advertising […]
The Deal With The Heels: Higher Heels Come From High Society, Researchers Say
When American women relocate to wealthier cities, they adopt the fashion preferences of those around them. But when moving to poorer cities, women stick with their previous wardrobe style, no matter the […]
No Males Needed: All-Female Salamanders Regrow Tails 36 Percent Faster
The lady salamander that shuns male companionship may reap important benefits. For instance, when a predator snaps off her tail. New research from The Ohio State University compared an all-female population of mole […]
Poet Walt Whitman Health Tips Unearthed
A trove of journalism by the great US poet Walt Whitman is being published online after lying in obscurity more than 150 years. The 13-part series “Manly Health and Training” was written […]
Advice To Recruiters: Alumni Connections Trump Compensation In The War For Talent
New Research from NYU Stern & MIT professors urges companies to use employees’ alumni networks to recruit top MBA talent In a new study, Professor Jason Greenberg of the NYU Stern School […]
Scale-up UK: Growing Businesses, Growing Economy
Significant challenges in financing scale-ups are holding back growth performance for early-stage start-ups according to Thomas Hellmann, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in a report released by Barclays titled Scale-up UK: Growing […]
Kindness Should Be A Duty To Patients
Kindness should be an integral part of a doctor’s duty to a patient. Writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Dr David Jeffrey, an honorary lecturer in palliative medicine […]
New Insead Study Challenges The Concept Of “Digital”
INSEAD, the Fontainebleau based business school and the business and marketing consultancy “This Fluid World”, jointly announced the release of a new study, ‘The Real Impact of Digital – As Seen from […]
Richard Branson Live April 26
LIVESTREAM: On Tuesday April 26th Richard Branson touches down in Washington, D.C for Virgin Atlantic’s second Business is an adventure event, where the Virgin Group founder will be joined by some of […]
School Starting Age: The Evidence
Earlier this month the “Too Much, Too Soon” campaign made headlines with a letter calling for a change to the start age for formal learning in schools. Here, one of the signatories, […]
Solar Impulse Lands In The Silicon Valley Completing The Crossing Of The Pacific Ocean With Several World Records
Mountain View, 24 April 2016 – Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) – the first solar airplane capable of flying day and night without using a drop of fuel – left Hawaii on 21 […]
