When you use self-checkout machines in supermarkets and drugstores, you are probably not—with all due respect—doing a better job of bagging your purchases than checkout clerks once did. Automation just makes bagging less ...
Economics & Business
Nov 21, 2022
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The clock is ticking. The 27th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP27) is nearly halfway through. Beyond the nice words, some announcements designed to make headlines ...
Environment
Nov 18, 2022
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Differences in the way the sexes think may give women an advantage in starting businesses, a study led by a Kennesaw State University researcher suggests.
Economics & Business
Nov 17, 2022
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A couple of weeks before her short stint as prime minister ended, Liz Truss delivered on a pledge to tackle what some—including Truss—saw as red tape holding back "thousands of growing businesses" in the UK. The move ...
Economics & Business
Nov 16, 2022
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Research co-authored by Bayes Business School (formerly Cass) shows that larger public companies suffer from loss of innovation and lower share price value when managers are permitted to make decisions in their own self-interest ...
Economics & Business
Nov 16, 2022
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A new book documents the "transformation" of climate activism, arguing it has gone beyond the streets to exist in new and unexpected forms.
Environment
Nov 11, 2022
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Corporate governance decisions, like CEO dismissal, can disrupt organizations. As a result, the board of directors treads with caution while making such decisions. Previous research suggests that boards rely on factors like ...
Economics & Business
Nov 10, 2022
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A new sustainability report launched today (Nov. 10) at Microsoft Envision has revealed that Irish businesses are significantly underprepared when it comes to making the transformative changes required to transition to a ...
Economics & Business
Nov 10, 2022
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Despite warnings that working from home will be detrimental to young people's careers, young people themselves are particularly likely to feel that remote working has benefits that could help their career progression, according ...
Economics & Business
Nov 10, 2022
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State-sponsored retirement plans could help workers save more and help retirees rely less on social services—as long as the cost-effectiveness of such plans aren't bogged down by fees—according to a new report from Rice ...
Economics & Business
Nov 9, 2022
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