Business and Finance

Business and Finance

BP Tackles CSR Challenges in Azerbaijan’s Oil Sector

Oil-rich countries with unstable and undemocratic governments often suffer from the 'resource curse', with huge increase in state income leading to negative…

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CEOs' worth increases even when poor acquisitions are made

That's because while a bad merger can decrease the value of a company's stock and options, CEOs typically acquire new stock options once the deal goes through,…

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Highway System’s Impact on Urban Population Declines

Construction of the American highway system in the late 20th century played a key role in causing population declines in central cities, according to new…

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'Real level' of unemployment still far higher than official figures

The report, by researchers at Sheffield Hallam University, finds that since 1997 real levels of unemployment have dropped by only 600,000, compared to a fall…

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Economic Freedom’s Impact on Reducing Unemployment

The new research, published in the July issue of the Southern Economic Journal, is the first to analyse how economic freedom affects unemployment.Based on data…

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Hyperbureaucracy: Navigating Monday’s Email Overload

It’s Monday morning, and the long list of emails winds down the screen, offering no comfort at all. You know that you have to fill in your list of tasks for…

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How Annual Reports Miss the Value of Innovation

For the most innovative companies this may means that analysts do not have enough information to work out their true market value.Reforming this area should be…

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European Commission and EIB Unveil New Innovation Financing Tool

This new instrument will help to make more financing available for promoters of research & innovation projects, which often face more difficulties than…

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Online shoppers will pay extra to protect privacy

Findings from the study, the first to suggest that people will pay a premium to protect their privacy when shopping online, will be presented Friday, June 8,…

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Cultural Insights Boost Norway’s Seafood Exports Worldwide

Norway exports seafood to around 155 different countries throughout the world, and the seafood industry is one of our most important export trades.Norwegian…

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Transforming Research Ideas Into Successful Businesses

The search is on for ‘would be’ entrepreneurs who want to turn their research ideas into a successful business. The third RCUK Business Plan Competition is…

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Flexible Workplaces Cut Sickness Absence Rates: Study Insights

Gun Johansson, a postgraduate at Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet, presents in her thesis the illness flexibility model in order to elucidate…

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Economists Value Loss of Loved Ones Higher Than Courts

Professor Andrew Oswald from the University of Warwick said: “Many of the valuable things in life — love, friendship, health — come without price-tags…

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Skills Growth in British Workplaces: 1986 to 2006 Insights

The report, “Skills At Work, 1986 to 2006”, written by Professor Alan Felstead (Cardiff University), Professor Duncan Gallie and Dr. Ying Zhou (Oxford…

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Liverpool’s Cultural Growth: New Report Highlights Visitor Surge

The report, produced by academics at the University of Liverpool, shows the city is attracting a high percentage of new visitors – 41% of tourists have never…

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ESA Investment Forum 2007 – Helping companies to grow

An example is satellite based services being one of the most promising sectors of future business profit, guaranteed by the introduction of the next generation…

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