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UrduWhen firms design the initial pay package for a new CEO, they focus on that person’s tolerance or aversion to risk-taking. Research and corporate governance practices generally recommend compensating a risk-averse CEO with more performance-based pay to incentivize risk taking.…
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People in counties with worse economies are more likely to die from heart disease
A new study, led by Penn Medicine, found counties that experienced the most economic distress in the aftermath of the Great Recession had the highest cardiovascular mortality rates
New study casts doubt on China’s organ donation data
The Chinese government may have been systematically misreporting the number of organs it claims it has voluntarily collected since 2010, according to new research published in BMC Medical Ethics . In 2015 China promised the world they would no longer…
Data science expert Bader looks to Fed funding for info analysis
Data science has reached a point where techniques such as deep learning can beat humans at recognizing objects, although experts are still figuring out how to make explainable predictions from massive data, NJIT distinguished professor David Bader said. Bader leads…
Efficient, but not without help
How Russian state-owned banks differ from their foreign counterparts
FDA awards $1.7 million to IU and other universities for quality management research
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has awarded $1.7 million to five universities, including Indiana University, for a wide-ranging research project designed to help the agency better understand how to employ its quality management resources when inspecting…
J.M.K. Innovation Prizes go to 10 transformative early-stage initiatives
J.M. Kaplan Fund reports on innovation trends from 1,300+ submitted ideas and opens funder access to trove of proposals
New study casts doubt on China’s organ donation data
The Chinese government may have been systematically misreporting the number of organs it claims it has voluntarily collected since 2010, according to new research published in BMC Medical Ethics . In 2015 China promised the world they would no longer…
FDA awards $1.7 million to IU and other universities for quality management research
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has awarded $1.7 million to five universities, including Indiana University, for a wide-ranging research project designed to help the agency better understand how to employ its quality management resources when inspecting…
Data science expert Bader looks to Fed funding for info analysis
Data science has reached a point where techniques such as deep learning can beat humans at recognizing objects, although experts are still figuring out how to make explainable predictions from massive data, NJIT distinguished professor David Bader said. Bader leads…
Efficient, but not without help
How Russian state-owned banks differ from their foreign counterparts
J.M.K. Innovation Prizes go to 10 transformative early-stage initiatives
J.M. Kaplan Fund reports on innovation trends from 1,300+ submitted ideas and opens funder access to trove of proposals
Opioid-based plant might not be best solution to curb habitual alcohol use
Scientists take closer look at use of ‘drug of concern’ kratom
Ten chemistry start-ups to watch
Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society, has unveiled its annual list of 10 chemistry start-ups to watch. Chosen by C&EN writers and editors, who have scoured the start-up landscape for standouts and reviewed…
Opioid-based plant might not be best solution to curb habitual alcohol use
Scientists take closer look at use of ‘drug of concern’ kratom
Ten chemistry start-ups to watch
Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society, has unveiled its annual list of 10 chemistry start-ups to watch. Chosen by C&EN writers and editors, who have scoured the start-up landscape for standouts and reviewed…
Study: After trade deal, unhealthy foods flowed into Central America, Dominican Republic
The research highlights the importance of studying ties between trade and diet
Study: After trade deal, unhealthy foods flowed into Central America, Dominican Republic
The research highlights the importance of studying ties between trade and diet
New research shows the more women on a company’s board, the more market value is lost
CATONSVILLE, MD, November 12, 2019 – A company with a gender-diverse board of directors is interpreted as revealing a preference for diversity and a weaker commitment to shareholder value, according to new research in the INFORMS journal Organization Science .…
Gender quotas in business — how do Europeans feel?
Researchers from Göttingen und Mannheim publish first attitude comparison across countries
The environmental cost of cryptocurrency mines
UNM team assesses monetary price of health and air quality impacts
Rocky Mountain not-so high: Oil, gas wells drive down Colorado home values, reveals WVU research
A cornucopia of contradiction is dotting the landscape of Colorado’s Front Range, at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. In the foreground of dramatic peaks and valleys, which are never out-of-season for a stunning snapshot, are — oil and gas…
New research shows the more women on a company’s board, the more market value is lost
CATONSVILLE, MD, November 12, 2019 – A company with a gender-diverse board of directors is interpreted as revealing a preference for diversity and a weaker commitment to shareholder value, according to new research in the INFORMS journal Organization Science .…
Rocky Mountain not-so high: Oil, gas wells drive down Colorado home values, reveals WVU research
A cornucopia of contradiction is dotting the landscape of Colorado’s Front Range, at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. In the foreground of dramatic peaks and valleys, which are never out-of-season for a stunning snapshot, are — oil and gas…
Gender quotas in business — how do Europeans feel?
Researchers from Göttingen und Mannheim publish first attitude comparison across countries
International organization names Purdue Innovation and Economic Prosperity award winner
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) has named Purdue University a 2019 Innovation and Economic Prosperity (IEP) Place award winner. Purdue received the IEP Place award for exemplary initiatives resulting in social, cultural or…
Quitting Facebook could boost exam results
In research that validates what many parents and educators suspect, students whose grades are below average could boost their results if they devoted less time to Facebook and other social networking sites. The study, led by Dr James Wakefield from…
Hurricane damage in the United States
A study explores hurricane damage in the United States from 1900 to 2018. In the United States, hurricanes are among the most expensive natural disasters, but comparing the damage from recent and historical storms is challenging because of changing factors,…
Australia unprepared to move future Alzheimer’s treatment into rapid clinical use
Study outlines strategies to prepare for possible future treatment
International organization names Purdue Innovation and Economic Prosperity award winner
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) has named Purdue University a 2019 Innovation and Economic Prosperity (IEP) Place award winner. Purdue received the IEP Place award for exemplary initiatives resulting in social, cultural or…
Quitting Facebook could boost exam results
In research that validates what many parents and educators suspect, students whose grades are below average could boost their results if they devoted less time to Facebook and other social networking sites. The study, led by Dr James Wakefield from…
Hurricane damage in the United States
A study explores hurricane damage in the United States from 1900 to 2018. In the United States, hurricanes are among the most expensive natural disasters, but comparing the damage from recent and historical storms is challenging because of changing factors,…
Australia unprepared to move future Alzheimer’s treatment into rapid clinical use
Study outlines strategies to prepare for possible future treatment
US economy to expand, but at a slower pace, reaching about 2% growth in 2020
INDIANAPOLIS — The U.S. economy will continue to expand for a 12th consecutive year in 2020, but by only about 2 percent and struggling to remain at that level by year’s end. Indiana’s economic output will be more anemic, growing…
UMass Amherst study updates impacts of Plainridge Park Casino
Research team points to job creation and economic benefits with no increase in problem gambling, but ‘type’ of patron may be changing
Many insured Americans go out of network, pay more for behavioral health
Study details high out-of-pocket costs
First-In-US trial of CRISPR-edited immune cells for cancer appears safe
Abramson Cancer Center researchers to present initial safety data after treating three patients
Longevity policy, governance and AI for longevity summits at King’s College London
The biogerontology research foundation announces its strategic support of two longevity-themed summits being held at King’s College London on Nov. 12, 2019
Expanding computational skills in science to support research
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation partner to support the carpentries in teaching foundational coding and data science skills to researchers worldwide
Mobile phone data reveals non-market value of coastal tourism under climate change
Given resource constraints, climate change adaptation policies require fine-grained monetary valuation of vulnerable ecosystem services at the national scale to consider policy priority setting. However, prevailing evaluations have been spatially and temporally limited due to technical limitations. This study adopts…
Many insured Americans go out of network, pay more for behavioral health
Study details high out-of-pocket costs
First-In-US trial of CRISPR-edited immune cells for cancer appears safe
Abramson Cancer Center researchers to present initial safety data after treating three patients
Longevity policy, governance and AI for longevity summits at King’s College London
The biogerontology research foundation announces its strategic support of two longevity-themed summits being held at King’s College London on Nov. 12, 2019
Expanding computational skills in science to support research
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation partner to support the carpentries in teaching foundational coding and data science skills to researchers worldwide
Mobile phone data reveals non-market value of coastal tourism under climate change
Given resource constraints, climate change adaptation policies require fine-grained monetary valuation of vulnerable ecosystem services at the national scale to consider policy priority setting. However, prevailing evaluations have been spatially and temporally limited due to technical limitations. This study adopts…
Paid sick leave and flextime benefits result in significantly more retirement savings
A study is the first to explore the relationship between workplace employment benefits and retirement savings in older American males
US Innovation Program brings international entrepreneurs to Purdue
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue Research Foundation and the Purdue Foundry entrepreneurial community are helping to host a pair of entrepreneurs from Brazil and Uganda as part of the U.S. Department of State’s Global Innovation through Science and Technology…
When managing a company, less is more
Branding research reveals strategies to maximize market share
Does climate change affect real estate prices? Only if you believe in it
A new study from the UBC Sauder School of Business shows that at-risk homes sell for more in areas where people don’t believe in climate change
‘Fake news’ isn’t easy to spot on Facebook, according to new study
AUSTIN, Texas — With the presidential election season moving into high gear, campaign messaging will soon begin increasing dramatically. But for those of us who get our news from social media, a new study from the McCombs School of Business…