Recent research has found that when confronted with the idea of death during the COVID-19 pandemic, some leaders chose to take shortcuts for personal gain, while others stepped up with a selfless and caring attitude.
Social Sciences
Jan 29, 2024
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Ever since Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky formalized the concept of cognitive bias in 1972, most empirical evidence has given credence to the claim that our brain is incapable of improving our decision-making abilities. ...
Social Sciences
Jan 25, 2024
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Plans to cut almost 3,000 jobs at the UK's largest steelworks, Tata Steel in Port Talbot, south Wales, mark another devastating chapter in a long history of deindustrialization.
Economics & Business
Jan 25, 2024
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After a recent city break to Paris, one of our colleagues told us about how much she'd enjoyed some excellent coffee during her trip. But it hadn't been served in a restaurant or a cafe—she had made it herself at the apartment ...
Social Sciences
Jan 25, 2024
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Within most countries, businesses operate under the notion that their property rights are stable. A set of operational rules and a political system that protects those rules are firmly entrenched, right?
Economics & Business
Jan 24, 2024
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The annual glitzy gathering of world leaders and billionaire CEOs in Davos, Switzerland, allows us to marvel once again at the environment-wrecking effects of private jets and lavish lifestyles.
Environment
Jan 22, 2024
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Algal blooms can mean toxic fumes, green muck, nasty stench, and death for seagrass and marine animals. All of it is bad for Florida's economy, and sometimes human health. But just how bad has been murky—until now.
Ecology
Jan 22, 2024
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Family businesses account for more than 70 percent of global GDP, and survey data shows that they are much friendlier to female leadership: up to 55 percent have at least one woman on their board and 70 percent are considering ...
Social Sciences
Jan 19, 2024
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We've known for a decade that political affiliation increasingly affects Americans' everyday lives, including where they live, whom they befriend, and whom they welcome as in-laws.
Economics & Business
Jan 19, 2024
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New research from Virginia Commonwealth University fundamentally challenges the paradigm that business organizations should promote profit above all else.
Economics & Business
Jan 18, 2024
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