News tagged with diverse companies
U.S. Civil War illustrates costs, benefits of diversity, say UCLA economists
Jan 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Diversity is a double-edged sword, making individuals less likely to be altruistic than they might be in a more homogeneous setting but also inspiring them to scale new intellectual heights ...
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Study: Individual Personal Ties Strengthen Teams’ Overall Creativity
Sep 05, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With more employees working in teams, it’s critical for companies to find ways to enable these teams be more creative in their work.
Domestic and international influences shape the politics of R&D and innovation
Mar 18, 2009 |
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In the last three decades, research across the social sciences has made great advances in the political economy of technological change (also called innovation or R&D). There exists a better understanding how domestic institutions ...
Understanding the desire for ‘freshness’ – a first step towards saving water
Jun 26, 2008 |
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Earlier this year the government announced a new strategy for a more efficient and sustainable use of water. This would involve a reduction in per capita consumption from 150 litres per day to 130 litres per day.
Research links diversity with increased sales revenue and profits, more customers
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Workplace diversity is among the most important predictors of a business' sales revenue, customer numbers and profitability, according to research to be published in the April issue of the American Sociological Review.
Miniweb merges Internet and TV with Blinkx
May 13, 2009 |
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Blinkx said it is putting its online video search skills to work for Britain-based Miniweb Interactive, a firm specializing in merging television with the Internet.
Cable 'a la carte' gets boost
Feb 11, 2006 |
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Consumers may find a happier ground with their cable companies now that the recent cable "a la carte" pricing report from the FCC favored allowing cable subscribers to purchase channels of their choosing.
Microfossils challenge prevailing views of the effects of 'Snowball Earth' glaciations on life
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 26, 2009 |
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New fossil findings discovered by scientists at UC Santa Barbara challenge prevailing views about the effects of "Snowball Earth" glaciations on life, according to an article in the June issue of the journal ...
Industry leaders form consortium to develop end-to-end specification for IPTV
Mar 20, 2007 |
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AT&T Inc., Ericsson, France Telecom, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung, Siemens, Sony, and Telecom Italia today announced the founding of the Open IPTV Forum, an industry consortium that will work to define an interoperable end-to-end ...
Questions of ethics and quality cloud globalization of clinical trials
Feb 18, 2009 |
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Top-tier U.S.-based pharmaceutical companies are moving their clinical trials overseas at warp speed, raising questions about ethics, quality control, and even the scientific value of their findings for people back in the ...
Computer games outgrow the stereotypes
Mar 09, 2007 |
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UQ Business School academic Frank Alpert believes the stereotypical image of computer gamers is a long way wide of the mark.
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