Business and Finance

Business and Finance

Babson Research Finds Challenges To Ice Road Economy In The Arctic

• Road construction and maintenance techniques can lengthen ice road seasons, saving between $6 million and $27 million a year in transportation costs. •…

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Impact of Investor Actions on Small Firms in Market Crises

This unexpected result suggests the significant impact that investors’ actions can have during emerging market crises. During these crises, investors flee to…

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Navigating Declining Home Prices: Expert Insights and Solutions

As housing prices in the United States continue to drop, a Kansas State University professor says the best way to help the market is to stop delaying…

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Exporting and Research: Key to Outperforming Competitors

“The old story is that there's some type of magic that makes your company more productive if it exports,” said Bee-Yan Aw, professor of economics, Penn State….

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Summer Is Not a Vacation from Your Budget

Think again.“Your budget shouldn’t change because it’s summer. Your expenses will differ from the school year, but your budget is like your waistline — you do…

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Investors Thrive Without Traditional Investment Advice?

A study by researchers at Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main and the University of Naples has yielded surprising results on the use of conventional…

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Siemens to build regional trains in Russia: Joint venture with Sinara Group to supply railway operator RZD

Siemens has formed a joint venture in Russia with its Russian partner Sinara Group to deliver regional trains. The new company Train Technologies has entered…

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Taxation Without Documentation: Challenges in Developing Countries

Developing countries often lack the official government structure needed to collect taxes efficiently. This lack of systematic tax collection limits the…

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Olin B-School Students Tour Fashion Capitals to Study Luxury Goods Market

Students in the new course, “Luxury Apparel-Marketing B53” are examining case studies of brands that make up the $237 billion industry that has its roots in…

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How Your Story Can Enhance Peer-to-Peer Lending Success

These days a bad credit score will get you turned away by a bank, but if you tell a good story about that score, you can improve your chances of getting a…

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Exploring Incomplete Typeface Logos in Brand Imagery

Consumers may perceive companies that use incomplete typeface logos — such as the horizontal baby blue stripes that form the letters IBM — as innovative….

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Foreclosures: The Real Damage to US House Prices and the Economy

The problem is complicated by the fact that other economic shocks – such as job losses – could be jointly driving up foreclosures and driving down economic…

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50 Years On: How UK Betting Shops Attract New Punters

Betting shops today are virtually unrecognisable compared to the betting offices legalised by the 1961 Betting and Gaming Act. “Under the Act, the newly…

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Study Provides a 'Reality Check' of Midwest Auto Industry; Notes How Region's Economy Has Changed

It portrays how the industry's restructuring activities — such as applying new technologies and production efficiencies, reducing costs and modifying product…

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Consultation Helps Small Businesses Avoid Common Missteps

That's the finding of new research from the University of Cincinnati that will be presented both nationally and internationally – first on May 6-8 at the…

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Intermediary Firms Boost Trade: New Study Insights Revealed

A study by Columbia Business School Professors Amit Khandelwal, a Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business senior scholar and assistant professor,…

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