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Workplace safety and health challenges from outsourcing across several sectors and industries have been revealed as part of a new study by Cranfield University.
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New research suggests that companies looking to promote their latest environmentally friendly product should downplay its green credentials if they want consumers to buy it.
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Income inequality may be linked to how often people French kiss, according to a worldwide study by Abertay University.
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A study of tax incentives aimed at attracting and retaining businesses finds that the vast majority of these incentives ultimately leave states worse off than if they had done nothing.
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Feb 27, 2020
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Working from home is known to be good for a strong work-life balance, advantageous for employee productivity, and is even touted as being beneficial for the environment. However, telecommuting has also carried a stigma—despite ...
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Feb 27, 2020
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Activism, new networks and the growth of small independent presses is leading to profound change in the way translated fiction is published, a new study shows.
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Feb 27, 2020
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If you're concerned that automation and artificial intelligence are going to disrupt the economy over the next decade, join the club. But while policymakers and academics agree there'll be significant disruption, they differ ...
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Feb 27, 2020
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Fears are growing that the new coronavirus will infect the U.S. economy.
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Feb 27, 2020
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As of February 2020, the number of people infected with the coronavirus Covid-19 has surpassed 80,000, with nearly 2,700 deaths. Efforts to contain the outbreak have led to full or partial quarantines of several Chinese provinces ...
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Feb 27, 2020
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Weather is an ever-present force in consumers' daily lives, yet there is little marketing research on how it affects consumers and businesses. A new UBC Sauder School of Business study reveals that sunny and snowy conditions ...
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Feb 27, 2020
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Entrepreneurs seeking funds on business-oriented crowdfunding platforms should avoid over-emphasising the social or environmental benefits of their start-ups or products if they are to maximise potential investment, a new ...
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Feb 26, 2020
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A long-haul truck driver fell asleep during his shift in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, on Jan. 13. Heading north on Route 147, he drifted into the eastbound shoulder for almost 375 feet, struck the side of the road and flipped his ...
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Feb 26, 2020
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Companies like to highlight when they do good things for society, such as making charitable donations, becoming more environmentally friendly or improving the diversity of their workforce. Broadly, these behaviors come under ...
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Feb 26, 2020
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In the past two decades, executives responsible for corporate sustainability (CSEs) have been showing up in a growing number of C-suites across the globe.
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Feb 26, 2020
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Restricting where and how social security payments can be spent does more harm than good, according to the first large, independent study into Compulsory Income Management (CIM) policies in Australia.
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Feb 26, 2020
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The main reason for the existence of social banks is to fund other social enterprises. On that basis, Simon Cornée from the University of Rennes 1, Panu Kalmi from the University of Vaasa and Ariane Szafarz from the Université ...
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Feb 25, 2020
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Pubs have an impact on UK house prices, research led by an academic at Northumbria University, Newcastle, has found.
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Feb 25, 2020
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Imagine you're in line at a coffee shop. You order your usual cappuccino and swipe your credit card to pay. Then the cashier swivels a little screen that prompts you for a tip—before the espresso shot is pulled or a drop ...
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Feb 25, 2020
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Contrary to common belief, Gen Zs and millennials would rather do their grocery shopping the good-old-fashioned way—at the store, rather than online—according to new research from the USC Marshall School of Business and ...
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Feb 25, 2020
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A combined team of researchers from Yale University and the University of Cambridge has found that gas and oil companies reward U.S. lawmakers who oppose environmental protections by increasing campaign contributions. In ...
