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Study finds that corporate culture is most important factor in driving innovation

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 18, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 1

Innovation is integral to the growth, success and wealth of firms and nations. What predicts the increase of radical innovation, and the profits that often ensue, is a mystery most firms are trying to solve. The answer that ...


Corporate Culture Matters For Firm Policies, Study Finds

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 12, 2007 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Corporate culture involves more than just dress codes and the atmosphere in the office – it helps define a company's most important economic decisions, according to new research. Researchers examined corporate culture in ...


UM Law professor examines the role of corporate lawyers in the court of public opinion

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In today's world, legal issues and controversies are not only tried in the court of law, but also in the "court" of public opinion. However, corporate lawyers tend to separate legal activities from public relations strategies. ...


Cities can't bank on small businesses for stable economic partnerships

Cities can't bank on small businesses for stable economic partnerships

Other Sciences / Economics

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Locally owned small businesses don't insulate communities from layoffs and closures in bad economic times. Rather, corporate headquarters do the most to protect cities from employment reductions, ...


Egg whites solve the 3-D problem

Biology /

created Oct 07, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0

The real world is three-dimensional. That's true even in the laboratory, where scientists have to grow cells to study how they develop and what happens when their growth is abnormal.


Tech investing will be a tougher play in 2010 (AP)

Tech investing will be a tougher play in 2010

Technology / Business

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Mutual funds that bet exclusively on technology stocks are the star performers of 2009.


Study looks at way US boards and CEOs manage risk

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 02, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A recent Carnegie Mellon University CyLab survey of corporate board directors reveals a gap in board and senior executive oversight in managing cyber risks.


Teach your physicians well

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

As the national conversation about healthcare reform engages millions of Americans, a new Brandeis study sheds light on the values of medical faculty who train the nation's physicians and lead in health care and research ...


Does work kill in the country of 35-hour week?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Short work weeks, enviably long lunches and vacations their American or Japanese counterparts can only dream of: French labour conditions are well-known to be among the most generous in the world.


India fraud office to prosecute Satyam founder

Technology / Business

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

India's fraud office will file charges this month against the founder of outsourcer Satyam after he admitted to falsifying profits in the nation's biggest corporate fraud, a minister said Monday.


New research analyzes the corporate attorney-client privilege

Other Sciences / Economics

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Due to the evolutionary legal landscape, corporate lawyers now find themselves relying on information and guidance from non-legal advisors like accountants, investment bankers, and public relations professionals. This aids ...


Tech's new love

Technology / Business

created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

There was a time in Silicon Valley when the political game was practically sneered upon.


The future of private equity

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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 ...


Researcher says internal security breaches pose a bigger threat than hackers

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Periodic news accounts about computer hacking and deployment of worms and viruses strike fear in companies that now conduct much of their business online. But an Iowa State University information security ...


IBM undercuts Google with discount e-mail service

Technology / Internet

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- IBM Corp. is trying to stymie Google Inc.'s expansion into the business software market.