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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 ...


New business theory shows compensation plans can make or break a firm

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created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (11) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Greed has been blamed for most of Wall Street's woes and the banking sector's recent collapse, but two professors at Washington University in St. Louis say envy is really to blame. And, they warn, envy is ...





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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

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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. ...


Egg whites solve the 3-D problem

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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.


Study looks at way US boards and CEOs manage risk

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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.


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.


Altruism: Genetic or Cultural Evolution?

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- The origins of altruism, the willingness to make personal sacrifices for the benefit of others often unknown to us, has perplexed evolutionary social scientists and biologists for years.


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New evidence of culture in wild chimpanzees

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

A new study of chimpanzees living in the wild adds to evidence that our closest primate relatives have cultural differences, too. The study, reported online on October 22nd in Current Biology shows that neighb ...



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