Unemployment in the UK rose to 4.3% at the end of March 2024. While this is by no means a worrying level of joblessness for an economy, it is the highest since September 2021, in the second year of the COVID pandemic, when ...
Economics & Business
Jun 11, 2024
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Biographies of Jeff Bezos don't make much of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Although the founder and executive chairman of Amazon lived there from birth until his teenage years, the Duke City is mainly treated as a humble backdrop ...
Economics & Business
Jun 10, 2024
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Reducing post-harvest food loss and waste is a major sustainability challenge in low- and middle-income countries, some of which are major agrarian economies supplying global value chains. However, there is insufficient research ...
Economics & Business
Jun 6, 2024
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In a digital world where people are mere pixels on a screen, gender bias can show up in unexpected forms. That's what our research team found in a field experiment published in the Journal of Operations Management.
Social Sciences
Jun 4, 2024
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Businesses with dynamic, risk-taking cultures can be leaders in delivering positive environmental changes quickly, according to a study from the University of Surrey.
Economics & Business
May 31, 2024
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A study co-authored by a Northeastern University researcher has found that hiring senior staff who are comfortable in more than one culture to conduct international negotiations can help "supercharge" the result for businesses.
Social Sciences
May 30, 2024
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The concept of cultural entrepreneurship has many facets. It encompasses both the cultural and social impact of entrepreneurial training, and the environmental factors that influence its development.
Social Sciences
May 29, 2024
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An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Lithuanian and Italian universities propose a tool that allows companies to assess the circularity of their future products. The self-assessment tool emphasizes the co-creation ...
Economics & Business
May 29, 2024
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We've all done it. A bad night's sleep or a tough commute made us cranky, and we lashed out at a coworker who did nothing wrong. What can we do to make up for it?
Social Sciences
May 28, 2024
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Young adults have an important role to play in achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Adopted by all UN member nations, the SDGs offer a frame for an ambitious plan to transform our world ...
Environment
May 27, 2024
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