News tagged with peer group
Study: Benchmarks and 'leapfrogs' drive up CEO pay
Why have CEO salaries skyrocketed over the past 20 years? Much of the blame lies in the practice of compensation benchmarking, say the authors of a study to be published next week in the American Journal of Sociology.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
May 25, 2010 |
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Packaging expert sees a social revolution in the evolving barcode
What if you could trace the history of everything you buy back to its origins? Using your smart phone camera, you could learn what factory made the ingredients in your heart medication, what country grew the ...
Oct 13, 2011 |
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Facebook study finds emphasis on college rituals
(PhysOrg.com) -- Study by Temple professor finds that college students use Facebook photos to portray an idealized college life.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 22, 2010 |
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Turtle embryos speed up development to hatch in the safety of a group
Australian freshwater turtle embryos can sense how developed other babies are in their eggs and then speed up their own growth to hatch with the most advanced of their siblings, according to new research.
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Researchers will test suicide prevention program in high schools
With students returning to classes, University of Rochester Medical Center researchers are beginning a large, long-term study of the effectiveness of a unique suicide prevention program in high schools across New York and ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 07, 2010 |
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Brighter pupils raise the bar for classmates
Primary-school pupils in England typically do better in key stage 2 English and maths tests when they are taught with more able children. But children who are close to the average of their classmates (at key ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 16, 2010 |
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