Economy

Have you ever used artificial intelligence (AI) in your job without double-checking the quality or accuracy of its output? If so, you wouldn't be the only one.... Read more

Feelings of awe, sparked by nature's grandeur, can inspire consumers to buy fewer but higher-quality products, according to a new study co-authored by University of Auckland marketing experts Associate Professor Yuri Seo and Divya Tewari.... Read more

Removing parking requirements for new buildings could help thousands of Coloradans who struggle to afford housing.... Read more

Financial stress is costing Canadian employers nearly $70 billion in lost productivity each year. A new idea introduced by researchers at Canada's Financial Wellness Lab, based at Western, could hold the key to reversing that trend.... Read more

Global markets are complex systems, shaped by feedback loops, sudden shocks, and adaptive behavior that rarely follow textbook rules and which can't be captured by neat equations.... Read more

Did you know that making one cotton T-shirt uses around 2,700 liters of water, around the amount that a person drinks in three years? Fast fashion may offer cheap, on-trend clothes, but it also generates an annual 12 kg of textile waste per person in Europe, only 1% of which... Read more

Lumber, especially softwood lumber like pine and spruce, is critical to U.S. home construction. Its availability and price directly affect housing costs and broader economic activity in the building sector. The U.S. imports about 40% of the softwood lumber the nation uses each year, more than 80% of that from... Read more

As the world grapples with the dynamic tech environment that shapes public perceptions, trust in governance, public and private institutions, and the media has become topical. As these conversations unfold, researchers caution that trust in public institutions and governance mechanisms will continue to deteriorate if regulatory developments fail to keep... Read more

New research finds that major U.S. corporations are growing by buying up their competitors rather than generating new ideas.... Read more

Consumers are more likely to choose a higher-priced item when it's correlated with messages that emphasize an increase in the product's positive attributes—rather than a reduction in its negative ones.... Read more

New Macquarie Business School research shows CEOs turn to their Chief Technology Officers—not their marketing gurus—when faced with radical innovation decisions.... Read more

How can researchers measure poverty and understand local development needs in places where conventional data collection is difficult or impossible?... Read more

Canada's aging population, combined with increased life expectancy, pose a real challenge for our pension plans. Current and future retirees risk seeing some of their sources of income decline or, at best, stagnate.... Read more

Surveillance pricing has dominated headlines recently. Delta Air Lines' announcement that it will use artificial intelligence to set individualized ticket prices has led to widespread concerns about companies using personal data to charge different prices for identical products. As The New York Times reported, this practice involves companies tracking everything... Read more

Sometimes the most valuable thing you can find is something you weren't even looking for.... Read more