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Released: 21-Jun-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Banks still offer Black entrepreneurs inferior loans, service even when they are better qualified than peers
Brigham Young University

Nearly a decade ago, researchers from Brigham Young University, Utah State University and Rutgers published a disheartening study revealing how discrimination in bank loan services was tainting the American Dream for minority entrepreneurs.

Released: 12-Jun-2023 3:05 PM EDT
American University’s Kogod School of Business Students Launch New Publication to Highlight Issues in Sustainability
American University

American University’s Kogod School of Business announced the launch of the Kogod Sustainability Review, a student-led publication that will highlight cutting-edge research from industry leaders, identify and discuss new trends, and further advance progress in the field of sustainability.

   
Released: 8-Jun-2023 1:20 PM EDT
Employers should think twice before implementing peer recognition programs
University of Waterloo

In fast-paced and often rapidly changing work environments, employers continue to seek new and improved ways to recognize employees in the workplace.

Released: 6-Jun-2023 5:00 PM EDT
UW research shows real-world value of strategy courses for MBA students
University of Washington

A new study from Mana Heshmati, assistant professor of strategy and entrepreneurship in the University of Washington Foster School of Business, found that strategy courses in MBA programs improve decision-making abilities, boost the amount of attention paid to broader industry concerns and expand the depth of mental representations.

   
Released: 31-May-2023 7:40 PM EDT
Berkeley Haas launches Sustainable Business Research Prize
University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business

The Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, today announced the launch of the Berkeley Haas Sustainable Business Research Prize. The prize encourages serious research with timely, real-world business-practice applications among business school faculty around the world related to responsible business, sustainability, and ESG (environmental, social, and governance) issues.

   
24-May-2023 1:35 PM EDT
Romantic relationships between coworkers may deteriorate workplace culture
PLOS

Workplace ostracism refers to an employee’s perception of being excluded, ignored, or rejected in the workplace. A study published in PLOS ONE suggests that romantic relationships between coworkers are associated with perceived ostracism and knowledge sabotage by other colleagues.

   
Released: 22-May-2023 2:20 PM EDT
Pushing the insurance industry forward
University of Iowa Tippie College of Business

The new partnership will provide valuable assistance to start-up insurtech ventures developing innovative new tools for insurance companies and customers while providing unique learning experiences for Tippie College of Business students.

Released: 19-May-2023 4:35 PM EDT
Why do so many businesses fail? A new study suggests it has to do with when they're born
Strategic Management Society

A new study from the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal suggests an elegant explanation: a business’s long-term success depends significantly on its founding conditions not just changes in its markets.

Released: 18-May-2023 12:35 PM EDT
The importance of social media in corporate social responsibility
PeerJ

A new study by Dr. Lucie Kvasničková Stanislavská from Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague published in PeerJ Computer Science titled ‘Global analysis of Twitter communication in corporate social responsibility area: sustainability, climate change, and waste management’ has found that social media is an increasingly important tool for companies to communicate their corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts.

Released: 12-May-2023 3:30 PM EDT
Immigration Nation: Research and Experts
Newswise

Title 42, the United States pandemic rule that had been used to immediately deport hundreds of thousands of migrants who crossed the border illegally over the last three years, has expired. Those migrants will have the opportunity to apply for asylum. President Biden's new rules to replace Title 42 are facing legal challenges. Border crossings have already risen sharply, as many migrants attempt to cross before the measure expires on Thursday night. Some have said they worry about tighter controls and uncertainty ahead. Immigration is once again a major focus of the media as we examine the humanitarian, political, and public health issues migrants must go through.

       
Released: 3-May-2023 2:00 PM EDT
How to protect consumers from deceptive comparison pricing
American Marketing Association (AMA)

Researchers from Duke University, University of Notre Dame, and Microsoft published a new Journal of Marketing article that examines using “true normal prices” during a sale as a way to reduce deceptive pricing tricks.

Newswise: Michigan Ross Professor Marcus Collins Explores the Importance of Culture in Marketing
Released: 1-May-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Michigan Ross Professor Marcus Collins Explores the Importance of Culture in Marketing
University of Michigan Ross School of Business

Successful marketing should focus less on selling and more on understanding people, Ross School of Business Professor Marcus Collins argues in a new book.

Newswise: College Students Win Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation’s Annual Real Estate Challenge
Released: 28-Apr-2023 10:10 AM EDT
College Students Win Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation’s Annual Real Estate Challenge
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

A group of University of Arkansas at Little Rock students won a national Real Estate Challenge in Chicago, winning a $5,000 scholarship that will be used to support finance/real estate students at UA Little Rock. UA Little Rock was the Undergraduate Division Winner of the Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation’s Annual Real Estate Challenge, which matches teams from selected universities in a competition focusing on a high-profile development/redevelopment project in the Chicago Metropolitan area.

   
Newswise: UWF College of Business and Combined Rotary Clubs of Pensacola honor Ethics in Business Award recipients
Released: 27-Apr-2023 5:40 PM EDT
UWF College of Business and Combined Rotary Clubs of Pensacola honor Ethics in Business Award recipients
University of West Florida

Today, UWF College of Business honored the 2023 Ethics in Business award recipients during the 21st Combined Rotary Luncheon.

Newswise: Michigan Ross-Based Reflected Best Self Exercise Still Proving Its Worth, Expanding Its Reach
Released: 27-Apr-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Michigan Ross-Based Reflected Best Self Exercise Still Proving Its Worth, Expanding Its Reach
University of Michigan Ross School of Business

A self-evaluation tool developed at the Ross School of Business has lately been gaining considerable acceptance and validation from the business education community.

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Released: 27-Apr-2023 4:30 PM EDT
TRANSCRIPT AND VIDEO AVAILABLE: Live Event for April 26: Misinformation and Media Relations
Newswise

We are forming a panel to discuss misinformation and how it affects media relations. For the last two years, we have been looking at how Newswise can tackle issues around spreading and consuming fake news.

       
Released: 26-Apr-2023 9:35 AM EDT
Are Socially Conscientious CEO's Better Leaders?
California State University, Fullerton

Zhejia Ling, assistant accounting professor at Cal State Fullerton, based on her research, believes that a company CEO who is involved in pro-social responsibility has a greater chance of making beneficial corporate decisions and being better leaders.

   
Newswise: Michigan Ross Professor Aradhna Krishna Confronts Overpackaging and the Illusion of Sustainability
Released: 25-Apr-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Michigan Ross Professor Aradhna Krishna Confronts Overpackaging and the Illusion of Sustainability
University of Michigan Ross School of Business

While paper packaging is often seen as the sustainable, environmentally friendly alternative to plastic, new research by Aradhna Krishna has revealed that excess paper packaging often creates the illusion of sustainability without actually reducing plastic waste.

Released: 25-Apr-2023 4:45 PM EDT
FHFA’s Changes to Mortgage Fees Increases Risk in the Housing Finance System
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

On May 1, 2023, a set of new, loan-level price adjustment (LLPA) grids for mortgages purchased by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mandated by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) will go into effect. FHFA’s director stated that the rationale for these changes is “to increase pricing support for purchase borrowers limited by income or by wealth.​”

Released: 25-Apr-2023 12:10 PM EDT
Wealthy white homeowners more likely to see financial benefits from land conservation, study shows
University of Rhode Island

Land conservation projects do more than preserve open space and natural ecosystems. They can also boost property values for homeowners living nearby. But a new study finds that those financial benefits are unequally distributed among demographic groups in the U.S.The study, by researchers from the University of Rhode Island and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, found that new housing wealth associated with land conservation goes disproportionately to people who are wealthy and white.

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Released: 21-Apr-2023 3:10 PM EDT
TRANSCRIPT AND VIDEO AVAILABLE Live Event for April 21: Sleeping pill reduces levels of Alzheimer’s proteins
Newswise

Researcher will discuss the study which involved a sleeping aid known as suvorexant that is already approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for insomnia, hints at the potential of sleep medications to slow or stop the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

       
Released: 19-Apr-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Arif Efendi applauds global renewable energy efforts
Social Media Experts

Businessman and international investor Arif Efendi shares his thoughts on the positive implications of global renewable energy efforts.

   
Released: 31-Mar-2023 4:40 PM EDT
A ‘power boost’ for customers is key to enhancing engagement and wellbeing, suggests study
University of Surrey

Customers who feel powerless in their relationship with a company are likely to disengage from the company and experience negative effects on their overall wellbeing, suggests new research from the University of Surrey.

   
Newswise: Ochsner Health Named 2023 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award Winner
Released: 29-Mar-2023 3:10 PM EDT
Ochsner Health Named 2023 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award Winner
Ochsner Health

Ochsner Health, Louisiana’s largest nonprofit, academic, multi-specialty, healthcare delivery system, has received the 2023 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award (GEWA). This award recognizes the most engaged workplace cultures in the world. After another year of unpredictability in the workplace, Gallup found that Ochsner Health continued to put their employees’ engagement at the center of their business strategy, embedding engagement into their very culture.

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Released: 27-Mar-2023 3:25 PM EDT
The organization of sex trafficking: Study reveals entrepreneurial cycle of human exploitation
University of Notre Dame

Through coercion and deception, more than 20 million people around the world are forced into labor that generates more than $150 billion in annual profits, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO). At an extreme, modern slavery and human trafficking involve exploitation that a person cannot refuse or escape because of threats, violence, coercion and deception.

   
Newswise: 11 ways to improve airlines for customers
Released: 24-Mar-2023 5:45 PM EDT
11 ways to improve airlines for customers
University of Missouri, Columbia

The name of the game is customer satisfaction, especially in the airline industry where companies are constantly jockeying for business by promising better service than their competitors. Now a professor at the University of Missouri has used artificial intelligence to sort through thousands of customer reviews and identify where airlines are falling short.

   
Released: 24-Mar-2023 1:30 PM EDT
THE LANCET: Health experts call for bold action to prioritize health over profit
Lancet

A new Series published in The Lancet describes how, although commercial entities can contribute positively to health and society, the products and practices of some commercial actors are responsible for escalating rates of avoidable ill health, planetary damage, and social and health inequity.

   
Newswise: Out of the shadows and into the Light: UniSA reopens historic haunt as new Enterprise Hub
Released: 23-Mar-2023 8:00 PM EDT
Out of the shadows and into the Light: UniSA reopens historic haunt as new Enterprise Hub
University of South Australia

From publicans and pawnbrokers to vampires and exotic dancers, Light Square has a long and colourful history of interesting residents. Now, a new breed of business will occupy the north-western corner of Light Square as UniSA unveils its new state-of-the-art enterprise and innovation facility.

   
Newswise: New Mexico veteran-owned small business nominated for Department of Energy award
Released: 22-Mar-2023 1:10 PM EDT
New Mexico veteran-owned small business nominated for Department of Energy award
Sandia National Laboratories

Pluma, LLC, has been nominated by Sandia National Laboratories as the Department of Energy’s Protégé of the Year as part of its Mentor-Protégé Program. Pluma, a general construction business started in Albuquerque, is one of five businesses Sandia accepted into the program with the mission of helping them grow with the labs’ guidance, knowledge, leadership and resources.

   

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Newswise: RST Professor Helps Tourism Industries Build Sustainable Financing
Released: 15-Mar-2023 3:40 PM EDT
RST Professor Helps Tourism Industries Build Sustainable Financing
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Dr. Sharon Zou at the University of Illinois is doing research on financing public park and recreation services.

   
Released: 13-Mar-2023 6:00 AM EDT
University Hospitals named for 11th time as one of the 2023 World’s Most Ethical Companies® by Ethisphere
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Announcement that University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio, has been recognized by Ethisphere as one of the 2023 World's Most Ethical Companies.

Released: 9-Mar-2023 12:05 PM EST
Research shows success of working from home depends on company health
University of Missouri, Columbia

While more businesses continue to shift to remote work, some well-known CEOs remain steadfast against the movement. Naresh Khatri, an associate professor of health management and informatics in the School of Medicine at the University of Missouri, said the success of shifting to remote work depends on the flexibility of the organization to adjust to individual employees and the technology available to them.

   
Newswise: WashU Expert: Goldman Sachs’ sale won’t allow return to ‘freewheeling ways’
Released: 6-Mar-2023 2:05 PM EST
WashU Expert: Goldman Sachs’ sale won’t allow return to ‘freewheeling ways’
Washington University in St. Louis

The Goldman Sachs Group is considering a sale of its consumer banking business, but regulations will mean it can’t simply return to being an investment bank, said an expert on financial and securities regulation at Washington University in St. Louis.“While exiting the consumer banking business may allow Goldman to ‘check out,’ it can never fully leave the regulatory world for bank holding companies and return to its investment banking roots,” said Andrew Tuch, a professor of law.

   
Newswise: New Study Finds Offering Paid Sick Leave is Good for U.S. Business
Released: 23-Feb-2023 1:30 PM EST
New Study Finds Offering Paid Sick Leave is Good for U.S. Business
Florida Atlantic University

A study that systematically reviewed 22 years of research examining the relationship between paid sick leave benefits and short-term and long-term U.S. business outcomes finds a trove of evidence suggesting paid sick leave is linked with favorable business outcomes. Key findings show access to paid sick leave means less occupational injury, spread of contagious disease, presenteeism (the act of workers going to work while ill), and employee death. There was more evidence that paid sick leave was related to favorable business conditions such as employee morale and job satisfaction, improved retention, higher profitability and firm performance, and favorable labor market conditions, compared to evidence supporting negative business consequences, such as worker absence.

 
Newswise: Michigan Ross Professor Jeremy Kress Advising DOJ on Bank Mergers
Released: 21-Feb-2023 5:05 PM EST
Michigan Ross Professor Jeremy Kress Advising DOJ on Bank Mergers
University of Michigan Ross School of Business

The Department of Justice is reviewing its guidelines for bank mergers, and Ross School of Business Assistant Professor Jeremy Kress is playing a key role in the process.

Newswise: Income Affects Maternal and Infant Health in Somewhat Unexpected Ways
Released: 16-Feb-2023 5:05 PM EST
Income Affects Maternal and Infant Health in Somewhat Unexpected Ways
University of Michigan Ross School of Business

While higher income improves maternal and infant health over time, it’s not enough to offset the impact of race, according to new research.

   
Released: 15-Feb-2023 2:00 PM EST
The State of Remote Work Three Years After COVID Emptied Offices
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

UMD Smith’s Gerald Suarez examines post-pandemic employer-worker dynamics.

     
Released: 14-Feb-2023 10:05 AM EST
Fact-checking the reporting of the explosion in East Palestine, Ohio
Newswise

Expert cautions that the statement, "We basically nuked a town with chemicals so we could get a railroad open," is irresponsible.

   
Newswise: Sanford Burnham Prebys earns highest rating from Charity Navigator
Released: 14-Feb-2023 8:55 AM EST
Sanford Burnham Prebys earns highest rating from Charity Navigator
Sanford Burnham Prebys

A top rating on Charity Navigator means Sanford Burnham Prebys is among the most trusted charities nationwide in terms of financial health and accountability.



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