https://phys.org/science-news/economics-business en-us The latest news on economics research, business research, management sciences Understanding product life cycles plays an important role in the innovation arms race, helping to define firm growth and market competition. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-product-firms-economy.html Economics & Business Wed, 06 Mar 2024 17:13:03 EST news628967582 According to a commonly held assumption, women CEOs are more risk-averse than their male counterparts. Some studies have even demonstrated that women in top leadership roles are less likely than men to engage in acquisitions. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-women-ceos-averse-men-necessarily.html Economics & Business Wed, 06 Mar 2024 17:05:04 EST news628967101 Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, has released a new report on the country's material use, highlighting opportunities to transition to a more circular and sustainable economy. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-reveals-australia-material-circular.html Economics & Business Wed, 06 Mar 2024 15:39:03 EST news628961941 A new paper by Stanford economist Matteo Maggiori offers policymakers a framework for understanding how economic power is used to achieve geopolitical goals. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-qa-geoeconomics-turbulent-world.html Economics & Business Political science Wed, 06 Mar 2024 15:00:01 EST news628959132 A group of Tallinn University researchers has published an innovative study that sheds light on the intricate dynamics of the global film festival circuit, revealing insights into diversity and public value creation within the industry. The research demonstrates that festival programming has become more thematically diverse, and the inclusion of films by women creatives has increased between 2012–2021. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-festivals-diverse-ways.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Wed, 06 Mar 2024 14:00:01 EST news628942893 The consulting firm Spencer Stuart recently published a study of top management at Fortune 500 companies, the 500 richest companies in the United States. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-women-climb-corporate-ladder-price.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Wed, 06 Mar 2024 12:00:01 EST news628946275 Emotion artificial intelligence uses biological signals such as vocal tone, facial expressions and data from wearable devices as well as text and how people use their computers, promising to detect and predict how someone is feeling. It is used in contexts both mundane, like entertainment, and high stakes, like the workplace, hiring and health care. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-emotion-tracking-ai-job-workers.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Wed, 06 Mar 2024 11:20:01 EST news628945368 Carbon offsetting—where companies or governments atone for their carbon emissions by buying credits to fund projects that are supposed to remove emissions from the atmosphere—has a bad reputation. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-carbon-broken-ways.html Economics & Business Political science Wed, 06 Mar 2024 10:30:01 EST news628943295 Researchers from Mansoura University and University of Guelph published a new Journal of Marketing study that examines how misaligned contracts can erode innovation outcomes of high-tech firms. The study, titled "Collaborating to Innovate: Balancing Strategy Dividend and Transactional Efficiencies," is authored by Nehal Elhelaly and Sourav Ray. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-dangers-misaligned-product-derail-high.html Economics & Business Wed, 06 Mar 2024 07:24:16 EST news628932253 New research in Marketing Science has found that companies and brands that have aligned themselves with Black Lives Matter (BLM) suffered a negative impact at the hands of consumers. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-negative-consumer-impacts-blm-major.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Tue, 05 Mar 2024 17:11:03 EST news628881061 Historic racial discrimination in property ownership is linked to reduced exposure to dangerous heat today, according to the first study to analyze the environmental impact of racial covenants in property deeds. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-historic-racial-covenants-property-deeds.html Economics & Business Political science Tue, 05 Mar 2024 17:08:06 EST news628880881 Since its introduction, cryptocurrency governance has been one of the most controversial global financial topics. While some countries have established elaborate regulations for cryptocurrencies, many countries are still reluctant to oversee the markets, and some have outright banned them. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-decoding-cryptocurrency-legibility-framework.html Economics & Business Political science Tue, 05 Mar 2024 15:22:03 EST news628874521 Online reviews significantly influence consumer decisions, marketing research shows. But when it comes to visual displays, not all online reviews are equal, and their differences might influence product sales. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-displayed-online.html Economics & Business Tue, 05 Mar 2024 11:56:03 EST news628862161 The COVID-19 pandemic is no longer a global emergency, Canada's GDP outperformed expectations in 2023, the economy seems to be heading for soft landing after a period of stagnation, inflation is winding down and unemployment has decreased to 5.7% in January 2024—close to pre-pandemic levels. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-ten-canadians-dissatisfied-economy-upswing.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Tue, 05 Mar 2024 11:52:07 EST news628861924 Economic abuse is common, affecting about 15% or 1 in 7 women who have been in a relationship, new University of Auckland research finds. The study is published in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-economic-abuse-affects-kiwi-women.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Tue, 05 Mar 2024 11:47:03 EST news628861621 Seemingly overnight, a yoga studio replaces a barbershop, a coffee café takes over a small grocery, and a multi-story apartment building looms where older single-family homes once stood. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-ai-images-visual-indicators-gentrification.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Tue, 05 Mar 2024 10:37:39 EST news628857453 New research by The Investing and Saving Alliance (TISA) and the University of Nottingham shows that providing balanced, contextualized risk warnings resulted in an approximately 14% increase in cash invested in stocks and shares. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-result-cash-invested.html Economics & Business Mon, 04 Mar 2024 17:53:03 EST news628797181 The role of African women and young people engaged in agricultural service provision has been investigated in a new CABI-led study published in the CABI Agriculture and Bioscience journal. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-role-african-women-young-people.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Mon, 04 Mar 2024 17:45:04 EST news628796702 Audiologists, auctioneers and crane operators have one thing in common: they can't legally do their jobs without licenses that create professional obstacles and hike prices, according to the West Virginia University Knee Regulatory Research Center. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-jobs-hinders-workers-consumers.html Economics & Business Political science Mon, 04 Mar 2024 14:40:53 EST news628785647 The public reacted swiftly this week when news spread that Wendy's had potential plans to test-run surge pricing in its restaurants. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-surge-pricing-consumer-expert.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Mon, 04 Mar 2024 12:30:02 EST news628777223 As some major brands try to make their advertising more inclusive, research from a University of Oregon marketing expert finds that mere representation of a race other than white is not enough. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-big-brands-benefit-ads-racially.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Mon, 04 Mar 2024 12:24:45 EST news628777380 When your parents had financial troubles or questions about planning for the future, they may have sought the help of a financial adviser, their bank, or other professional. Today, many people turn to social media. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-financial-advice-social-media-misinformation.html Economics & Business Sun, 03 Mar 2024 18:50:01 EST news628512240 Last year's failures of Silicon Valley Bank and two other financial institutions—after panic-driven runs on deposits—have fueled a longstanding debate in bank regulation: How much transparency is too much? https://phys.org/news/2024-03-avert-bank.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Fri, 01 Mar 2024 10:50:01 EST news628512349 When Greg Buchak was a graduate student at the University of Chicago, Uber and Lyft were just beginning to spread across the country. Since he didn't own a car, he found the ride-sharing apps convenient for short and long trips. Yet as a financial economist in training who studied borrowing and lending, Buchak began an ongoing debate with his friends: Were these new services actually good for people? https://phys.org/news/2024-02-hidden-driver-economy.html Economics & Business Thu, 29 Feb 2024 14:51:35 EST news628440692 With media conglomerates slashing jobs, programs and publications and growing news avoidance and perceived issues of trust in journalism, finding ways to catch, engage and retain an audience has become a matter of survival for those in the news business. https://phys.org/news/2024-02-audience-canadian-journalism.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Thu, 29 Feb 2024 11:31:04 EST news628428661 Big Tech stocks created, and have so far dominated, the trillion-dollar club in the U.S. For the first time, there's a race brewing for an outsider to join their ranks. https://phys.org/news/2024-02-berkshire-lilly-tech-trillion-dollar.html Economics & Business Thu, 29 Feb 2024 10:05:52 EST news628423547 Seattle is routinely listed as one of the most walkable and bike-friendly cities in the nation. The city government has committed to Vision Zero, which aims to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries completely by 2030 and embarked on a slew of infrastructure projects: expanding the city's bike network, redesigning high-crash intersections, and enhancing crosswalks to protect pedestrians. https://phys.org/news/2024-02-vision-road-safety-seattle-negative.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Wed, 28 Feb 2024 16:56:04 EST news628361762 High levels of air pollution can harm the performance of teams, which are vital for solving complex problems such as developing clean energy technologies and vaccines, and this could harm economic development in highly polluted emerging economies, says a new study co-authored at Cambridge Judge Business School. https://phys.org/news/2024-02-air-pollution-team.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Wed, 28 Feb 2024 15:56:04 EST news628358161 After several years of pandemic-driven price spikes at the grocery store, retail food price inflation is slowing down. That's good news for consumers, especially those in low-income households, who spend a proportionally larger share of their income on food. https://phys.org/news/2024-02-true-food-higher-checkout-counter.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Wed, 28 Feb 2024 11:54:40 EST news628343675 After Ukraine was invaded in February 2022, countries and major corporations around the world quickly responded by trying to inflict financial pain on Russia through economic sanctions. https://phys.org/news/2024-02-economic-sanctions-major-impact-neighbors.html Economics & Business Political science Wed, 28 Feb 2024 11:32:03 EST news628342321