A study comparing Australian CEOs with U.S. business leaders finds that the Americans are more conservative and buttoned down, while the Australians are more fun-loving and risk-taking. The research is described as the first major study of this kind of Australian CEOs.
Executive compensation scholars have released new, breakthrough research analyzing perceptions of fairness in executive pay and how CEO over- or underpayment cascades down to lower organizational levels.
Investments in the U.S. angel investor market increased by 15 percent to $12.7 billion in the first half of 2006 over the same period in 2005, with the health care services/medical equipment the sector of choice for angels, according to the latest research from the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.
A new study bolsters the argument that workplace drug testing reduces employee drug use.
Nebraska counties where a Wal-Mart is located have experienced on average a slower growth in standard of living than counties without the world's largest retailer, a preliminary University of Nebraska-Lincoln study shows.
Unsolicited e-mails touting the next red-hot stock, always couched in language that might make the unwary believe that this tip is just for them. Laura Frieder of Purdue University's Krannert School of Management, has one word of advice: Delete.
Five studies by UC Berkeley Haas School of Business Assistant Professor Cameron Anderson find a link between power and risky behavior.
Wal-Mart is abandoning its one-size-fits-all approach to retailing in an effort to increase sales according to news reports Thursday. That is big news from the mega-chain according to an Iowa State University business professor who has researched Wal-Mart's success.
A University of Arkansas researcher studied 123 manufacturing firms -- high-tech and non-high-tech -- and found that implementation of information-technology-based supply-chain management systems has an overall positive impact on a company's financial performance.
Undergraduate business and engineering students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who aim to be leaders in their careers and communities now have a new way to reach that goal.
Strengthened security for "smart tags""”the wireless devices that allow drivers to zip through automatic tollbooths or pass a security desk with the flash of a card"”is the aim of an initiative that has received $1.1 million from the NSF. Much-needed cryptographic protocols, hardware and applications will emerge from the work.
Economic freedom has a greater impact than foreign aid in helping people in poor nations escape poverty, according to Florida State University Economics Professor James Gwartney in Tallahassee, Fla, the co-author of the 10th edition of the Economic Freedom of the World: 2006 Annual Report to be released Thursday.
Early results from the adoption of new United Nations reporting guidelines reveal that the worldwide nonprofit sector is far larger and more dynamic than previously recognized.
A Kansas State University study shows it may take a few years to recover from the effects of Japan's and South Korea's boycotts of U.S. beef.
In the past, business professionals considering pursuit of a graduate degree in business had a difficult decision to make. They either could put their career on hold for two years and go back to college full time, or they could seek out a business school that allowed them to take classes part time in the evenings. Today, however, there is a third and increasingly popular option "” the FSU College of Business' online graduate degree program.
Corporations can't choose their shareholders, but some might wish they could. A new study found that some large shareholders are associated with lower-than-average returns for the companies in which they invest, while other shareholders are linked to higher-than-average returns in their companies.
Women entrepreneurs who take advantage of every financing opportunity and who finance creatively are more likely to reach the rapid growth stage in their businesses. This is the first research that examines the linkage between types of finance activities used by women entrepreneurs during various stages in the business cycle.
Professors at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business punch holes in arguments over privacy rights and technology.
High energy costs, volatility in the stock market and especially the housing slump are to blame for consumer confidence among Floridians plummeting 11 points to 76 in August, its lowest level in more than a decade, University of Florida economists report.
Data from 19,319 organizations reveal that when a company emphasizes human resource activities such as incentive pay and flextime, it can enjoy a 10 percent to 20 percent improvement in employee retention, employee productivity, profitability, and stock price, according to an upcoming study in Personnel Psychology.
A Saint Louis University health economist can put today's Census Bureau findings on health insurance coverage and poverty into perspective.
The first study to compare sales management practices in developed and undeveloped countries finds that differences are diminishing, even disappearing. This supports Thomas Friedman's theory that globalization is "flattening" away dissimilarities between nations and regions.
Leisure shoppers are bullish on buying, says a University of Florida researcher whose study finds these recreational consumers are intensely involved in the sport of bargain hunting and creative purchasing.
Most new businesses ultimately fail---and that's good, says a professor at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business.
A University of Arkansas economist studied performance data from hundreds of U.S. psychiatric hospitals and found that private, for-profit hospitals -- the most profitable psychiatric hospitals and most prevalent in terms of ownership type -- cycle patients through their doors faster than not-for-profit hospitals and public hospitals operated by federal, state and local government.
An ex-Wall Streeter has teamed up with Cornell food scientists to create Cherrypharm -- a tart cherry sports drink promoted for its restorative and preventative properties. Among the first customers: the New York Rangers.
A professor of supply chain management in the Whitman School at Syracuse University finds reasons to rethink legislation around the collection and disposal of e-waste. Take-back legislation can result in higher manufacturing and remanufacturing profits.
Although U.S. economic growth has been brisk in recent years, expansion will be moderate through 2008, say University of Michigan economists.
Think you can't get rich as a waiter? Think again. According to a new book The Wealthy Waiter by Joe Durocher, associate professor of hospitality management at the University of New Hampshire, waiters and waitresses can easily pull down $150,000 a year as long as they do two things "“ act like entrepreneurs and think of their tables as a franchise.
Racial diversity in a company's workforce leads to improved business performance and volume, according to a University of Illinois at Chicago study presented Aug. 14 at the American Sociological Association annual meeting in Montreal.
Female sole proprietors in professional services tend to charge less for their work than do their male counterparts, but while it could seem they are doing themselves a disservice, the opposite may be true. So finds the first study to examine the effect of the gender of professional service providers on their pricing practices.
U.S. entrepreneurs are in a league of their own when it comes to building innovative businesses that keep the economy dynamic and productive, according to the seventh annual U.S. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), directed by Babson College and London Business School.
When he saw that Japanese exporters always selected the darkest pork, Iowa State food scientist Ken Prusa wanted to know why. He found they selected by what color indicated: pH. Darker pork, with its higher pH, is more tender, juicy and flavorful. He's working with packers and processors to take advantage of the pH factor.
When investors buy stock at inflated prices, they can sue the company for any losses. Unfortunately, securities litigation isn't paying off for shareholders - even when they win. Instead, large institutional investors and lawyers rake in the money and existing shareholders end up losing out.
Companies that are still run by the men and women who started them tend to perform better in the stock market than do other firms, a new study suggests. Firms with founder-CEOs outperformed other companies in the stock market by 8.3 percent from 1993 to 2002.
An aging workforce and an emerging "baby boom" retirement wave are driving more companies toward "strategic workforce planning," The Conference Board reports today in a new study.
Managers often assume workers learn more and help each other when they are put into groups composed of people with a variety of expertise. But does this always happen? Recent research suggests that it may not ... at least not always.
UC Berkeley Haas School of Business Professor Waverly Ding finds that women life scientists in higher education apply for patents at a far lower rate than men, although the gender gap is narrowing among junior faculty.
A University of Arkansas researcher has found a way make distribution centers more efficient. By helping companies retrieve products from warehouse shelves faster, the discovery will contribute significantly to the distribution process, which means customers will receive items quicker.
A four-phase study conducted by Professor Christopher Collins at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations suggests that good human resource tactics pay off big for small businesses.
Consumer confidence among Floridians rose one point to 89 in July, but the slumping real estate market is likely to cause it to decline over the next several months, University of Florida economists report.
Cornell researchers find that hotels that charge rates above their competitors are better at pricing rooms in response to demand in good times and bad.
While Japan's structural economic performance has improved, the rate of its economic progress is still modest, according to an analysis released today by The Conference Board, the global research and business membership organization.
As America becomes a nation of caffeinated insomniacs, a new University of Florida study shows lack of sleep not only makes people tired and cranky but also causes them to dislike and even hate their jobs the next morning.
If the penny were eliminated, rounding prices to the nearest nickel would not cost consumers extra money, according to a new study by Robert M. Whaples, professor of economics at Wake Forest University.
UC Berkeley Haas School of Business Professor Barry Staw finds individualistic culture promotes innovation.
Countries where aging populations are increasing faster than younger people may also see a decline in entrepreneurial business activity according to new research from Babson College Professor Maria Minniti, Research Director of The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), which annually measures entrepreneurial activity worldwide, and Moren Levesque, University of Waterloo, Canada.
UA study reveals that organizations lose more than human and intellectual capital with turnover; they lose the productive value of employees' relationships.
Student scores on state proficiency tests affect more than just education issues "“ they play an important role in house prices, a new study suggests. The study of Ohio school districts showed that an increase of about 20 percentage points in the proficiency test "pass rate" increased house values in a district about 7 percent, even after taking into account other factors that impact house values.
In his new book, "A History of the Theory of Investments," UC Berkeley Haas School of Business Professor Mark Rubinstein corrects the record with a a one-of-a-kind chronology of investment theory.
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