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Released: 10-Oct-2019 10:05 AM EDT
Startup Survival and the Power of Place
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Odds of survival are slim when it comes to startups. One essential variable that goes into the equation: geography. New research supported by Darden’s Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has produced the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem quality index, which measures the health of a location based on five key characteristics.

Released: 9-Oct-2019 5:05 PM EDT
Inaugural “Doing Business” Report Ranks North American Cities by Ease of Doing Business
Arizona State University (ASU)

The Center for the Study of Economic Liberty at Arizona State University has released the Doing Business North America report, a first-of-its kind report that provides objective measures of business regulations across 115 cities in 92 states, provinces and districts in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

Released: 9-Oct-2019 12:05 PM EDT
DHS S&T Awards Colorado Start-up $147K for Intelligent Counting and Measuring Platform
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T awarded $147,413 to KickView Corporation to adapt their multi-sensor artificial intelligent (AI) software platform to provide real-time data analysis of passenger flow in the international customs processing areas of airports.

Released: 8-Oct-2019 12:05 PM EDT
4 by 4: Balance in Life and Learning
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Substantial, transformative change requires deep, holistic learning. Darden Professor Joseph W. Harder examines four aspects of self, four approaches to learning and four critical elements of building a learning-conducive environment in this age of rapid change. It all adds up to improved organizational success and quality of life.

Released: 8-Oct-2019 10:05 AM EDT
2020 Kansas Housing Forecast Series released
Wichita State University

Tight inventories caused Kansas home sales to fall last year for the first time since 2011. Sales are expected to drop another 2.3 percent this year before rebounding slightly in 2020, rising 1.2 percent to 40,290 units.

Released: 8-Oct-2019 8:05 AM EDT
Bioko Island Malaria Elimination Project Wins 2019 P3 Impact Award
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

The Office of Global Partnerships at the U.S. Department of State, the University of Virginia Darden School of Business Institute for Business in Society, and Concordia announced the Bioko Island Malaria Elimination Project (BIMEP) as the winner of the P3 Impact Award at the 2019 Concordia Summit.

Released: 7-Oct-2019 1:05 PM EDT
Jorge Torres of UCLA to receive 2019 ASCB Prize for Excellence in Inclusivity
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

Jorge Torres has been named the 2019 recipient of the ASCB Prize for Excellence in Inclusivity. Torres is an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He will receive $5,000, will be recognized at the 2019 ASCB|EMBO Meeting in Washington, DC, in December, and will contribute an essay to the Society’s basic science journal, Molecular Biology of the Cell.

Released: 7-Oct-2019 11:05 AM EDT
Security in a heartbeat
Sandia National Laboratories

Sandia National Laboratories is collaborating with a small business to test a biometric security system based on the human heartbeat. Sandia signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with Albuquerque-based Aquila Inc. to develop and test a wearable prototype that can stream in real time an identifying signature based on the electrical activity of a person’s heart.

   
Released: 7-Oct-2019 12:00 AM EDT
Thunderbird School of Global Management Celebrates New Global Headquarters
Arizona State University (ASU)

Arizona State University’s Thunderbird School of Global Management will break ground Monday on a new state-of-the-art global headquarters on ASU’s Downtown Phoenix campus.

   
Released: 6-Oct-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Mental Accounting: Debt, Financial Nihilism and the Comfortably Numb Effect
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

High student loan debt has a lingering psychological effect and changes price sensitivity — and spending habits — those with much debt become numb to the prodigious numbers they face on the balance sheet and tend to spend even more.

Released: 6-Oct-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Using World of Warcraft to cut gamer screen time, increase maker revenue: study
Washington University in St. Louis

World of Warcraft became the centerpiece of research by scientists from Washington University in St. Louis and INSEAD, who found that when a firm changes its game’s rewards schedule and also limits how long gamers can play in a sitting, the firm can actually make more money — and people devote a smaller share of their time on gaming.

Released: 4-Oct-2019 3:05 PM EDT
UC San Diego Fuels Regional Economy, Impacts State
University of California San Diego

Nearly six decades of public and private investment have created a world-renowned university with more than $5 billion in annual revenues and $1.2 billion in annual sponsored research. A new economic impact report details UC San Diego’s estimated $16.5 billion in annual economic impact in California—more than the entire annual revenue of the state of Arizona.

   
Released: 4-Oct-2019 2:05 PM EDT
How to make carbon pricing palatable to air travellers
University of British Columbia

Travellers are willing to pay a little more for flights if they know the extra money will be used to address carbon emissions, a new study from the UBC Sauder School of Business has found.

Released: 3-Oct-2019 11:05 AM EDT
10 Recommendations for the Resilient Family Business
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Family businesses are unique and complex; they have aspects and layers to them that are unlike any other organizations. Professor June West and Alana Wall provide 10 recommendations for the resilient family business.

Released: 3-Oct-2019 9:50 AM EDT
2020 updated Kansas Employment Forecast released
Wichita State University

Wichita State University's Center for Economic Development and Business Research has released an updated Kansas Employment Forecast.

Released: 1-Oct-2019 4:45 PM EDT
UVA Darden Effectuation Pioneer Receives Global Legacy Impact Award
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

University of Virginia Darden School of Business Professor Saras Sarasvathy has been recognized on a global stage for her pioneering work in the field of entrepreneurship. Sarasvathy on 29 Sep

Released: 1-Oct-2019 4:30 PM EDT
UW-Milwaukee Battery Startup Awarded a Second Federal Commercialization Grant
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

A pair of academic researchers have federal funding for their startup, which will make battery parts from a unique, patented material called graphene monoxide. Their material dramatically boosts the energy storage capacity of li-ion batteries.



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