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Behavioral science: Could supermarket loyalty cards nudge us to make healthier choices?

Ken Murphy, CEO of the British multinational supermarket chain Tesco, recently said at a conference that Tesco “could use Clubcard data to nudge customers towards healthier choices”.This post was originally published on this site

Firms with green innovation patents rewarded in the credit market, finds study

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A Queensland University of Technology (QUT) study of the US credit default swap (CDS) market’s response to green innovation in the form of green patents found that firms with more green patents had lower borrowing […]

Employers’ lack of understanding limiting job opportunities for people with learning disabilities, study finds

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Employers’ lack of understanding is limiting employment opportunities for job seekers with learning disabilities, a new study has found.This post was originally published on this site

Research: Marginalized entrepreneurs forge their own paths

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In 2014, Whitney Wolfe Herd left her job at the dating app Tinder, where she experienced workplace sexism, to found her own dating app, one oriented toward empowering women in the dating process. This year, […]

Show and tell: Reveal the inner workings of your products and how components are assembled

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Researchers from University of New Hampshire, Singapore Management University, and University at Buffalo have published a new study that examines how anatomical depiction in advertisements can boost consumer confidence in product performance and increase perceptions […]

Employees should not bear the sole responsibility for learning in remote work

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Competence requirements in the workplace are growing at a tremendous pace as technology advances and remote work is becoming increasingly normalized. Work-related formal training, too, increasingly takes place on online platforms. However, online courses completed […]

Firms that read more perform better: Researchers analyze online reading habits from employees across firms worldwide

By analyzing online reading behavior across millions of firms worldwide, a new study out of the Complexity Science Hub (CSH) connects how much information companies consume and how the consumption relates to their size.This post [...]
How project governance helps navigate public-private ‘coopetition’ tensions

The Ariane 6 project, Europe’s new space launcher, is in the headlines as the European Space Agency (ESA) and ArianeGroup push for its first launch in 2024. This high-profile initiative has faced delays, but it [...]
Mapping the maze where the IRS could find billions in unpaid taxes

In 2021, the difference between what U.S. taxpayers owed the federal government and what they paid hit nearly $700 billion. This “tax gap” has been growing for years while the Internal Revenue Service’s budget has [...]

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Behavioral science: Could supermarket loyalty cards nudge us to make healthier choices?

Firms with green innovation patents rewarded in the credit market, finds study

Employers’ lack of understanding limiting job opportunities for people with learning disabilities, study finds

Research: Marginalized entrepreneurs forge their own paths

Show and tell: Reveal the inner workings of your products and how components are assembled

Employees should not bear the sole responsibility for learning in remote work

Less support for mental health when workplace managers are biased

The government spent twice what it needed to on economic support during COVID, modeling shows

This year’s Nobel prize in economics awarded to team that examined what makes some countries rich and others poor

Disruption or adaptation: Three questions for the right digitalization strategy

Firms that read more perform better: Researchers analyze online reading habits from employees across firms worldwide

How project governance helps navigate public-private ‘coopetition’ tensions

Mapping the maze where the IRS could find billions in unpaid taxes