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Silver lining effect study, 'I have some good news and some bad news'
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Communicating "I have some good news and some bad news" is better than combining messages into a single, bleak result when small gains and large losses occur together, according to a study in the current issue of Management Sc ...
Financial restructuring in fresh-start chapter 11 reorganizations
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The effectiveness of the existing bankruptcy code has long been a source of vigorous debate. More and more lately, high-profile firms like General Motors, Enron, and K-Mart are seeking protection from creditors through Chapter ...
Message gone viral? Blame it on altruistic, yet image-conscious Internet 'e-mavens'
Nov 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do some online ad campaigns go viral while other online marketing messages gather "cyber-dust" on the information superhighway? The key may lie in the motivation of Internet users to email ...
Highest jobless rate in three decades causes drop in consumer confidence
Nov 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Florida's consumer confidence fell three points to 69 in November amid continued concerns over the state?s high unemployment rate, according to a new University of Florida survey.
Strategic management theory offers fresh take on the economic crisis
Nov 24, 2009 |
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The recent financial crisis and resulting global economic downturn has been the most defining global economic event since the Great Depression. Now research which appears in the November issue of Strategic Organization, publis ...
5-day delivery no sure cure for postal woes, economist says
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Scaling back mail delivery from six days a week to five may be the best bet to stem mounting U.S. Postal Service losses, but could still be a gamble, says a University of Illinois economist who has studied the agency's persistent ...
Competitive, trade-friendly nations weather volatile crop yields best
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Richer nations with competitive crop production and few trade barriers would fare the best if climate change, weather events or other factors cause yields of grain and oilseed crops to become more volatile, a new study has ...
Recession may be over, but recovery will be gradual
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With the severe national recession of the past two years finally behind us, the pace of economic recovery will be slow and unemployment will remain high for quite some time, say economists at the University ...
Canada can lead the world with smart pension reform, says pension expert
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Toronto - The time has come to turn Canada's supplemental pensions jumble into a coherent system with a clear goal and a clear plan to achieve it, according to Keith Ambachtsheer, Director of the Rotman International ...
Just in the time for holiday shoppers: Personal finance professor offers advice on breaking credit addiction
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An October survey of 3,800 consumers by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling found that more than two thirds (68 percent) planned to pay in cash for their holiday purchases this year, ...
Future for Internet retailers: Compete on niche products advises management insights study
Nov 18, 2009 |
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In their competition with brick-and-mortar stores, online retailers will do best if they promote the ability to search out and obtain niche products online, according to the Management Insights feature in the current issue ...
When good companies do bad things: Examining illegal corporate behavior
Nov 18, 2009 |
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The more prominent and financially successful a corporation becomes, the more likely it is to break the law, according to a new study led by a Michigan State University scholar that challenges previous research.
Only tax increase can cure Illinois budget woes, study says
Nov 18, 2009 |
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Tax increases are the only solution to a widening budget crisis that a new study says has landed Illinois among the nation's most financially troubled states, a soon-to-be-released report by a team of University of Illinois ...
4 in 10 US families lack money for essential household expenses when unemployed
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Today the Institute on Assets and Social Policy (IASP) at Brandeis University's Heller School released a new research and policy brief which reports that four in ten U.S. families lack sufficient assets to pay for essential ...
The future of private equity
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Although global private equity markets have fallen on hard times, reports of their imminent demise are greatly exaggerated. So says Steve Kaplan, a widely recognized authority on entrepreneurial finance and corporate governance ...
