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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Financial incentives for chief executive officers (CEOs) are thought to motivate them to lead their company toward achieving important business objectives. In the first systematic review of all research on CEO incentives, researchers assessed the predictive effects of CEO financial incentives on certain business outcomes. Their analysis found a small effect of CEO bonuses and no effect of stock…

Credit: Stanley Morales from Pexels Students achieve better grades in college science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) courses when those classrooms have higher numbers of underrepresented racial-minority and first-generation college students, according to new research published in AERA Open. While this link holds true for…

Credit: Yan Krukau from Pexels For decades, researchers have debated the long-term impact of early childhood education, sharing evidence that while some children experience positive long-term outcomes, others see initial benefits fade out—or even experience detrimental outcomes. Now, a study published in Education Sciences is…

Credit: The Conversation We are seeing more Indigenous businesses in Australia. This is important, given these businesses produce social impact, support Indigenous economic self-determination and maintain strong levels of Indigenous employment. When we hear about Indigenous knowledge businesses, we often think about how this…

A new study reveals that prenatal cannabis exposure significantly increases the risk of preterm birth, low birth weight, and NICU admission in infants, although it does not elevate the risk of birth defects or infant mortality within the first year.A study recently published in the journal Addiction found that infants exposed to cannabis in the womb are more likely to be born prematurely, have lower birth weights, and need care in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) compared to those not exposed to cannabis prenatally.…

Shelly Tsui. Credit: Vincent van den Hoogen Ever heard the tales of companies convinced they had a groundbreaking product, only to "forget" to check with the end user if there's even a demand for it? Many businesses get stuck in a linear thought process, thinking they are the experts and missing out on the potential of engaging end users and other stakeholders. …

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain By analyzing the results of many prior studies on the use of screen-based technologies by children, an international team of psychologists and human biomechanics researchers has found mixed outcomes. In their study, reported in the journal Nature Human Behavior, the group obtained and filtered data from previous research results to draw conclusions about the impact of screen time on children's…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The growing popularity of crowdsourcing and other forms of open innovation reflects the pressing need that companies have for creative ideas that go beyond the organizational same-old, same-old. But once you have imaginative outsiders ready to lend you their time and attention, how do you elicit novel and…

Tighter tech budgets and pushback against cloud bills are leading CIOs to question the traditional pay-what-you-use model. Tighter tech budgets and pushback against cloud bills are leading CIOs to question the traditional pay-what-you-use model. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain It's easy to support one another when there's enough to go around, but zero-sum situations in which one person's loss is another's gain are known to bring out people's worst tendencies—and the reality television show "Survivor" is no exception. During each season, 16, 18 or 20 contestants are…