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For platforms relying on gig workers, bonuses can be a double-edged sword

In the growing gig economy, where a company’s success depends on contractors whose schedules they can’t control, businesses often turn to bonuses to lure and retain these workers. But according to new Cornell-led research, bonuses […]

If the AI bubble does burst, taxpayers could end up with the bill

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You might not care very much about the prospect of the AI bubble bursting. Surely it’s just something for the tech bros of Silicon Valley to worry about—or the wealthy investors who have spent billions […]

Efficiency rankings used by governments and businesses may not be accurate, according to new research

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For decades, governments, banks, hospitals and schools have relied on data tools to decide who is efficient and who is not. However, according to new research from the University of Surrey, many of these rankings […]

Rethinking value creation: The steps businesses need to take to achieve gender equality faster

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The World Economic Forum predicts that it will take more than a century to close the gender pay gap globally, while accountancy firm PwC suggests that today’s 21-year-olds are unlikely to see the gap close […]

Beyond food relief: Research calls for long-term, system-wide solutions to food insecurity

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Nearly 13% of Australians are exposed to food insecurity, with rural, regional and remote areas disproportionately affected. New research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has uncovered that while regional and remote food security initiatives are […]

Yes, there is an AI investment bubble. Here are three scenarios for how it could end

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Booms and busts are a recurring feature of modern economics, but when an asset’s value becomes overinflated, a boom quickly becomes a bubble.This post was originally published on this site

Progress on gender equality at work is slow and uneven, new index finds

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Gender equality at work has barely improved over the past ten years, with paid work opportunities held back by women doing the bulk of unpaid work in the home, new research shows.This post was originally […]

How ‘build-to-rent-to-own’ could help more renters get a toehold in the housing market

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With record low housing affordability and more Australians destined for lifelong renting, governments are encouraging more “build-to-rent” housing across Australia.This post was originally published on this site

AI makes measuring work performance a lot trickier. How do companies adapt?

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Let’s be honest, even just writing this sentence has meant engaging with some very basic artificial intelligence (AI) as the computer checks my spelling and grammar.This post was originally published on this site

How consumers react when they feel ‘betrayed’ by a brand

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A pair of George Mason University marketing professors have unpacked the surprisingly intense and complicated emotional consequences of brand inauthenticity.This post was originally published on this site

New study shows why clothing take-back programs fail—and what truly moves consumers to act

Retailers don’t need big financial incentives to get consumers to return used clothing—but they do need the right message. A new peer-reviewed study in the journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management finds that simply telling [...]
Black families pay more to keep their houses warm than average American families

Rising energy costs consume a bigger and bigger chunk of family budgets in the United States. Our research has found that for many African American families, those costs take an extra big bite out of [...]
Why top firms paradoxically fire good workers

Why do the world’s most prestigious firms—such as McKinsey, Goldman Sachs and other elite consulting giants, investment banks, and law practices—hire the brightest talents, train them intensively, and then, after a few years, send many [...]