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Global CEOs back greenhouse gas cuts, carbon caps
May 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A global summit of business leaders urged governments to order steep and mandatory cuts in greenhouse gases Tuesday, favoring a cap-and-trade system instead of a tax to set a market price for carbon ...
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The evolving manager stereotype: Gender a factor in measuring a team's performance
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Although women have made strides in the business world, they still occupy less than two percent of CEO leadership positions in the Fortune 500. Not surprisingly therefore leaders still tend to be thought of as men and most ...
Engaged employees deliver improved business performance
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research indicates that in the UK and US as many as 70% of employees may not be engaged at work. Therefore, it is not surprising that employee engagement has become something of a hot topic amongst business ...
Study: Americans Expect Business Leaders to Be White
Jul 15, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite decades of progress for minorities in corporate settings, Americans still expect business leaders to be white, and they judge white leaders as more effective than their minority counterparts. This ...
Entrepreneurs value 'ideas' over weatlh, study finds
May 16, 2008 |
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A study at the University of Liverpool has revealed that entrepreneurs are driven to start companies by their passion for ideas rather than the pursuit of wealth.
'Acquisitions are back on': Google CEO
Sep 23, 2009 |
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US Internet giant Google is ready to begin buying up other companies again as the world economy begins to recover, chairman and chief executive Eric Schmidt said Wednesday.
Family-based brand identity influences customers' purchasing decisions
Aug 14, 2008 |
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A new study in the Journal of Small Business Management shows that promoting the fact that the business is a "family" business positively influences customer purchasing decisions.
Researcher says computers misunderstood
Oct 08, 2007 |
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A U.S. computer historian says new computer technology is still often poorly understood by business leaders.
Power and the illusion of control: Why some make the impossible possible and others fall short
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 03, 2009 |
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Power holders often seem misguided in their actions. Leaders and commanders of warring nations regularly underestimate the costs in time, money, and human lives required for bringing home a victory. CEOs of Fortune 500 companies ...
Narcissistic people most likely to emerge as leaders
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 07, 2008 |
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When a group is without a leader, you can often count on a narcissist to take charge, a new study suggests. Researchers found that people who score high in narcissism tend to take control of leaderless groups. Narcissism ...
What sustainability really means to rural decision-makers
Sep 22, 2009 |
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From book titles to real estate developments, it's easier to find things claiming to be sustainable than it is to define it.
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