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Technological advances lead to organizational change

Changes due to new technologies take time and are difficult to overview. This is a conclusion made in a new doctoral thesis from the University of Gothenburg. The author of the thesis, researcher Sara Hjelm Lidholm, studied ...

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created May 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Climate change: Cultural shift needed similar to smoking, slavery

(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite scientific evidence of climate change, it will take a significant cultural shift in attitudes to address the situation, says a University of Michigan researcher.

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created Oct 27, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (13) | comments 114

Major Yahoo reorganization looms

Yahoo's new chief executive, Carol Bartz, is set to announce a major reorganization of the company, sources say, raising expectations that the stumbling Internet giant may get back on track after a punishing year.

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created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1




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Hiding true self at work can result in less job satisfaction, greater turnover

Hiding your true social identity -- race and ethnicity, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation or a disability -- at work can result in decreased job satisfaction and increased turnover, according to a new study from Rice ...

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created May 31, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Using strategy tools to exercise power in a company

Popular strategy tools used by businesses include SWOT analysis and scorecards. Strategy tools are seen as a means that provides companies with practical ways of making use of scientific theories in order to improve competitiveness. ...

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created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Data in the fast lane

A new approach to managing data over a network has enabled a Microsoft Research team to set a speed record for sifting through, or “sorting,” a huge amount of data in one minute.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Findings from discipline-based education research could improve undergraduate science and engineering teaching

Discipline-based education research (DBER) has generated insights that could help improve undergraduate education in science and engineering, but these findings have not yet prompted widespread changes in teaching practice, ...

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created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Zynga's chief operating officer plays it safe

As a hurricane barreled toward the Florida Keys, John Schappert, the chief operating officer of Zynga Inc., was on a charter boat to catch lobsters with half a dozen friends.

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created May 16, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study suggests women CEOs face a 'green ceiling' in attracting IPO investors

When it comes to a company’s critical stock market debut, investors are less likely to trust their money to an enterprise led by a female CEO, a University of Utah researcher says.

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created May 04, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Stanford professors propose 'lecture-less' medical school classes

Dramatic changes are needed in medical student education, including a substantial reduction in the number of traditional lectures, according to a perspective piece to be published May 3 in the New England Journal of Medicine by two ...

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created May 03, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

HP research identifies new era of security risk, shifting vulnerability landscape

HP today published the 2011 Top Cyber Security Risks Report, which identifies the growing sophistication and severity of security attacks and the resulting risks.

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created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Facebook's rite of passage into 'the Hacker Way'

Congratulations, recruit! It's time to learn the ropes of your Facebook engineering job.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Unique research on inner life of Google

Google is one of the world's most innovative companies. Why? Ask Swedish researcher Annika Steiber at Chalmers University of Technology. She has been seeking answers inside the company's headquarters Googleplex ...

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created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1


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