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Why Less Is More For Rideshare Apps

Ride-hailing services that want to grow revenue should share more with drivers and charge passengers less, a working paper from Maryland Smith shows.

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An Intervention for Low-Energy Leaders

As it turns out, adding a simple writing exercise to the typical morning routine can energize leaders and make them more effective throughout the day.

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Five Reasons To Steer Clear of 2019’s Mega IPOs

In what’s poised to be a big year for big-name IPOs, Kass lists five reasons to ease up on the gas pedal and proceed with caution.

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Why You Should Talk about 'Game of Thrones' at Work

'Game of Thrones' is coming back for its final season and you're going to want to talk about it at work. But should you?

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The Hunt for Clean Water

Few business problems are more basic than delivering clean drinking water to thirsty customers. Yet solutions remain elusive in the United States and elsewhere.

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Why Real Individualists Work Together

People love stories about determined entrepreneurs who work alone until they achieve success. But an isolationist mindset tends to backfire in the real world.

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How Volvo Is Normalizing Electrification

In what was heralded as an encouraging step, Volvo last week announced that the margins on its electric vehicles are set to match those of combustion engines by 2025. But, was it really a milestone in the electric car evolution?

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How Do You Recover from a Flood?

Niratcha Tungtisanont's research at the University of Maryland examines how industrialization and internet use impact income and recovery after floods. Her findings highlight the importance of communication and community collaboration in effective disaster recovery efforts.

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Are You Really Having Fun?

Consumers make more hedonic choices when their preferences are visible to others, so that they can promote the image that they are having fun — whether or not they really are.

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How Can Small Businesses Tackle Big Data Challenges?

For small to midsized businesses, like their larger counterparts, success correlates with being adept in an interlinked web of financial entities and networks, supply chains and ecosystems.

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How Can Leaders Recover After a Fall?

If leaders take certain steps, stakeholders in their organizations will continue to believe in their legitimacy even after they lose status.

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When Marketing Becomes Creepy

The marketing was innovative. It was clever. It was bold enough to warrant coverage in The Wall Street Journal. It was also ... creepy.

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