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Offline versus online promotional media: Which drives better consumer engagement and behavioral responses?
Marketers today increasingly rely on online platforms like mobile apps, social media, and direct email to deliver promotional content, drawn by their cost-effectiveness and extensive reach. However, despite these advantages, ...
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Many more older people are leaving prison and face unmet needs for housing and health care
American prisons are rapidly graying.
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Nine million Ethiopian children have been forced out of school: What the government must do
More than 9 million Ethiopian children are currently out of school. They are caught in the crossfire of armed conflicts, natural disasters, tribal tensions and economic hardships.
Economics & Business
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Criteria for promotion to full professorship found to vary greatly around the world
A large international team of researchers with varied backgrounds has found that moving up in a research field in an organization, whether in the government or academic world, requires vastly different accomplishments by ...
Does 'made with love' sell? Research reveals who values handmade products the most
We've all seen the marketing message "handmade with love." It's designed to tug at our heartstrings, suggesting extra care and affection went into crafting a product.
Economics & Business
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Research team develops more holistic way to monitor lobster industry
Maine's lobster fishery—one that supports thousands of jobs statewide—is extensively monitored. Management efforts are informed by biological monitoring surveys observing changes in abundance and distribution of the lobster ...
Economics & Business
Jan 22, 2025
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Rethinking capitalism: Can it adapt to the Anthropocene's demands?
The Anthropocene is a relatively recent term, coined to define the epoch in which human activity is increasingly dictating environmental and biological change on Earth as previous periods driven by natural occurrences did ...
Economics & Business
Jan 22, 2025
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Platform ecosystems and organizational capabilities boost competitiveness in volatile markets
Digital platforms and artificial intelligence can enhance the agility, flexibility and resilience of business-to-business (B2B) service companies in volatile markets, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. ...
Economics & Business
Jan 22, 2025
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Informal mining persists in South Africa despite police crackdowns
In mid-January 2024, over 1,000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in South Africa. They had been starved out by the police in Operation Vala Umgodi—meaning "plug the ...
Social Sciences
Jan 22, 2025
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Suez Canal blockage cost shipping company $89 million, study finds
The 2021 Suez Canal blockage resulted in a loss of nearly $89 million for the shipping company Maersk Line. This is revealed in a new study conducted by a European research team in collaboration with the School of Business, ...
Economics & Business
Jan 22, 2025
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Africa without borders could help the continent prosper. What's getting in the way?
The vision of a "borderless Africa" is one of unity and shared prosperity for the continent. It is rooted in the ideals of the pan-Africanist movement.
Economics & Business
Jan 22, 2025
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The economy was the big issue for youth in 2024—especially for those who didn't vote
Economic concerns motivated many voters to go to the polls in 2024, but they were even bigger priorities for young Americans who did not vote, according to a new poll conducted by the Center for Information & Research on ...
Economics & Business
Jan 22, 2025
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Children born into poverty face higher risk of behavioral problems
Children born into poor families are more likely to exhibit aggressive, impulsive behaviors throughout childhood, according to a new study from the University of Georgia.
Social Sciences
Jan 22, 2025
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Firms use earnings guidance to mitigate complexity of environmental, social and governance disclosures
Companies in the United States are turning to voluntary earnings guidance to prevent confusion resulting from environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosures, according to a new study from researchers at Florida Atlantic ...
Economics & Business
Jan 22, 2025
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Future-focused travel ads inspire more bookings than nostalgic campaigns, study finds
When it comes to getting people to want to go places, the future is ever more lovely than the past, according to a new Washington State University-led study in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research.
Social Sciences
Jan 22, 2025
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Employee trust in AI linked to performance and adoption rates
Many companies are making substantial investments in artificial intelligence (AI), which can enhance decision-making processes, foster innovation, increase productivity, and have other advantages.
Economics & Business
Jan 22, 2025
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Do minimum wage hikes negatively impact students' summer employment?
New research in Contemporary Economic Policy indicates that rising minimum wages in a state are associated with reduced summer employment for college students, the time when students tend to work the most.
Economics & Business
Jan 22, 2025
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How war and climate crisis are reshaping the global fertilizer industry
Although fertilizers are essential for global food production, they also contribute to greenhouse gas emissions. The war in Ukraine has caused supply chain disruptions and price increases. How can fertilizer production become ...
Economics & Business
Jan 21, 2025
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Does the world need a 'universal language' of accounting?
In the early years of the 21st century, investors had good reason to hope that a single, globally-accepted accounting framework would soon emerge to unite the world's financial markets. It seemed inevitable that the Securities ...
Economics & Business
Jan 21, 2025
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How nonprofits pitch in before, during and after disasters strike
Los Angeles is reeling after fires of historic proportions raced through many communities in January 2025, destroying thousands of homes. The Conversation U.S. asked Vanessa Crossgrove Fry, an associate research professor ...
Economics & Business
Jan 21, 2025
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