Better or different? How brand differentiation affects pay and profits
New research finds brands that leverage a reputation for quality to pay employees less risk eroding profits.
New research finds brands that leverage a reputation for quality to pay employees less risk eroding profits.
Economics & Business
Aug 23, 2023
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Earth is overheating due to the greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels. This is "the biggest market failure the world has seen" according to economist Nicholas Stern. The rational behavior of companies that pollute ...
Economics & Business
Aug 18, 2023
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Plant-based eating and veganism have been around for decades, but more people are choosing plant-based diets than ever before. Plant-based eating means eating more fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains and beans while eating less ...
Social Sciences
Aug 17, 2023
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Researchers have developed a novel strategy for using Google Trends—a website that evaluates the popularity of Google searches—to assess soccer players' popularity, and demonstrated that this method improves predictions ...
Economics & Business
Aug 16, 2023
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Nike's advertisement featuring Colin Kaepernick sparked a social media firestorm in 2018. Kaepernick, a former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, first made headlines in 2016 when he protested against police brutality by kneeling ...
Economics & Business
Aug 16, 2023
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A prevailing narrative about immigration is that migrants displace U.S.-born residents in the workforce, but new research from University of California, Davis, economists shows that's not the case.
Social Sciences
Aug 16, 2023
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Water scarcity is a basic problem in many regions of the world. The consequences of this are black markets for drinking water, unauthorized water extraction from private wells, and the uncontrolled decline of groundwater ...
Environment
Aug 14, 2023
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In Russia this summer, you can still enjoy a Cornetto, but you can forget about eating a Tunnock's tea cake or a Big Mac. This is because Cornetto's UK-headquartered parent company, Unilever, is still operating in Russia ...
Economics & Business
Aug 11, 2023
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If the idea of adding fermented seaweed to meals at home isn't yet appealing, Ólavur Gregersen believes it soon will be.
Agriculture
Aug 10, 2023
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New research suggests that the U.S. municipal bond market systemically misprices risk, as the pricing of municipal debt does not account for local physical climate risk, but does demand larger credit spreads from communities ...
Economics & Business
Aug 9, 2023
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