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Key Factors Shaping Global Food Prices in 2023

In time, food prices will again decline. These are some of the recent and most important conclusions in an economic analysis of the development in world food…

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Is India ‘banking’ for a greener future?

As part of her doctoral studies, Sophie Hadfield-Hill conducted forty interviews with CEOs and senior management of Indian banks and leading companies to…

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Austria’s Taxation and Social Benefits: Household Impact Explained

In a European comparison Austria shows above-average levels of both taxation and social expenditures. The analyses carried out show that the high levels of…

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Offline Brands Thrive in an Online World: Insights from Experts

Brigitte Mueller, an Assistant Professor in Marketing at the HEC Faculty of Business and Economics at Lausanne, first asks whether consistency between a…

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New Financing Alliance Boosts Early SME Development in Europe

The primary aim is to overcome the lack of risk willing financing in the early SME development phases. The lack of financing dramatically lowers the number of…

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Boosting Knowledge: The Power of Informal Workplace Relationships

Organisations are concerned with knowledge. They would like to stand out as knowledge companies and knowledge intensive organisations, where employees have,…

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Small Business Managers’ Motivation Drives Firm Growth Insights

Researchers gathered information from two different Swedish samples of small firms. The managing director was asked about employment and sales growth as well…

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Brazil's biotech firms: From imitators to innovators in health-related products

Brazil is in the midst of a transition from imitator to innovator in health-related products, according to the most comprehensive analysis to date of barriers…

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Cost of Living Wage Increases Projected by ERI Insights

Drivers are reeling from gas prices of $4 per gallon, and the federal government's most recent April 2008 Consumer Price Index has caused concern:From April…

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Understanding the Cost of a Basket of Shares: Key Insights

From an arithmetical standpoint, the question introduces so many unknown variables that even a modern computer cannot handle the calculation. As part of a…

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If You Want a Good Reputation: Start building relationships

It seems that everyone wants to measure reputation. Countries, cities, companies, the public sector—you name it, they all want to measure their reputation. The…

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New England Economy: Slow Recovery Insights and Forecast

“Current conditions in the nation, and extending to the region, are a product of the broadening effects of the national credit crisis and the economic…

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Firms Launch Initiative to Develop Security Management Blueprint

The industry-wide research initiative aims to develop best practice in managing security. It was launched today (Friday 30 May) and will provide a security…

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Engineering Work Transformation: Insights from Tech Leaders

According to business and technology leaders who will speak at the 2008 ASME Annual Meeting in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., engineering work today is becoming…

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Netherlands Shares Aging Costs with Other EU Nations

The ‘fully funded countries’ will eventually share in the costs of ageing in the ‘PAYG countries’, particularly if these countries are using government debt to…

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Boosting Value: Tips for Older Workers in Today’s Job Market

As the spring crop of college graduates enters the workforce, seasoned workers can do several things to ratchet to up their value in the job market, says a…

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