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How customers search for hedonic versus utilitarian purchases

 A new paper in the Journal of Marketing examines information channel usage patterns across customer journeys.

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A lifesaving reason to have more women on boards

Having women on boards could prevent firms from making a fatal mistake sooner than men. 

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Female directors are quicker to recall dangerous medical products

Severe product problems that injure or kill consumers are recalled much faster when there are women on the board

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Coronavirus accelerated the E-Commerce ‘boom’

Trading over the Internet has become a 'lifesaver' so that companies do not end the pandemic in the red

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How to win more B2B contracts with effective e-sales

How to improve communications in order to provide sellers with insights into buyers' behavioral responses to salespersons' communications?

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Study shows best practices to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19

Exactly zero Hong Kong healthcare workers contracted COVID-19 after six weeks of the outbreak. 

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Highlighting women's achievements makes them want to be the boss

Highlighting female achievements in the workplace makes capable women significantly more likely to want to be the boss, a study shows

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What are the risks of pyramid schemes?

Thanks to social networks, more and more “business opportunities” are promising good results and financial independence.

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Consumer value products more on sunny and snowy days

Weather affects how we value products more than we know

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Lulo Bank arrives to Colombia

The entity promises to be a 100% digital bank without physical offices. Here we tell you what you should know about the neobank.

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What is the best way to encourage innovation?

Economists and business leaders agree that innovation is a major force behind economic growth, but many disagree on what is the best way to encourage workers to produce the "think-outside-of-the-box" ideas

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There are some overlooked key attributes of effective leaders

These four distinct series of mindsets to engage, navigate change and lead more effectively make the best leaders.

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Women-only business groups marginalize and fail to empower members

Women-only business networks fail to boost female entrepreneurship and instead serve to marginalize further the very people they seek to help

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Sustainability strategies more successful when managers believe in them

Cass research finds sustainability strategies can enhance a firm's mainstream business strategy.

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Good connections key to startup success

The future potential of early-stage startups can be assessed by their existing professional relationships.

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How coworkers impact the value of your skills

Research at Harvard's Growth Lab finds that skills of coworkers may matter as much as a worker's own skills in achieving higher income

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Maximizing bike-share ridership: New research says it's all about location

A 10% increase in bike-availability levels boosts ridership by 12%.

Woman cooking in the kitchen.

Unpaid women's work is actually a real job

Household and care work has been performed especially by women. This work takes most of the women's time a day, but as it is unpaid, it doesn't let women be economically autonomous.

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This is the key for a successful online banking service 

The nature of online banking is the cause of the reticence of the over-55s to use it as they do not feel comfortable navigating the 'digital world'.

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5 Low-cost business ideas for animal lovers

Everyone loves animals, but few people are able to turn that love into a business. So here are some ways you can do it.