At a time when America needs volunteers more than ever, to tackle social problems from homelessness to disaster recovery, fewer people have been volunteering.
Social Sciences
Mar 28, 2024
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Nearly a decade ago, Fei Gao predicted in his research that having online shoppers pick up their purchases at a local store could help retailers head off the so-called "retail apocalypse"—the notion that online shopping ...
Economics & Business
Nov 2, 2023
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Online technology is fundamentally reshaping employee evaluations. In the last decade or so, companies such as IBM, Amazon, and General Electric have adopted performance feedback apps that allow employees to "review" one ...
Social Sciences
Sep 29, 2023
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New research from Alfonso Pedraza-Martinez, the Greg and Patty Fox Collegiate Professor of IT, Analytics and Operations in the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business, examines the critical problem of drinking ...
Social Sciences
Aug 14, 2023
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The growing popularity of crowdsourcing and other forms of open innovation reflects the pressing need that companies have for creative ideas that go beyond the organizational same-old, same-old.
Social Sciences
Jul 10, 2023
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Since the disappearance of the OceanGate submersible Titan on June 18, search-and-rescue operations continue for the missing submersible carrying five people to visit the Titanic wreckage. Teams from different countries—including ...
Other
Jun 22, 2023
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Climate change is increasingly a major consideration for business leaders as they plan for future investment and work to improve their firm's competitiveness. The private sector, as both a major emitter of greenhouse gases ...
Economics & Business
May 10, 2023
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Customers who feel powerless in their relationship with a company are likely to disengage from the company and experience negative effects on their overall well-being, suggests new research from the University of Surrey.
Social Sciences
Mar 31, 2023
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How does job satisfaction sit with the notion of work-life balance? Writing in the International Journal of Services and Operations Management, a research team from Portugal point out that a positive and stable work environment ...
Social Sciences
Nov 29, 2022
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In operations management, there's a well-known model called the newsvendor problem. Based on the classic scenario of a paper carrier deciding how many papers to try to sell each day, the newsvendor problem illustrates the ...
Economics & Business
Nov 11, 2022
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