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Long-serving CEOs may weaken innovation, study finds

University of East London
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study from the University of East London has found that companies led by long-serving chief executives may become less innovative over time unless challenged by strong independent boards.

Journal: Corporate Governance

Digital finance tools could transform small businesses

University of East London
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study has found that simple digital finance tools such as mobile money can help small businesses build long-term competitive strength, not just improve access to banking.

Journal: Global Business Review

Company location, rather than growth, may lead to higher investment returns

Penn State
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Investors looking for higher returns may want to focus on a company’s location instead of its growth potential, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State. They found that portfolios built to consider company headquarter location and the housing market together could produce returns three times higher than portfolios focused on growth stocks alone.

Journal: Journal of Empirical Finance

For whistleblowing, bigger rewards can backfire

University of Texas at Austin
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The Securities and Exchange Commission is handing out whistleblower awards as high as $20 million. The assumption behind those payouts is simple: Bigger rewards mean more people will come forward. But new research finds that logic may be flawed.

Ronghuo Zheng, associate professor of accounting at the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin, finds whistleblower incentives operate in a Goldilocks range. Make them too small, and they fail to motivate reporting. But make them too large, and they can cut down whistleblowing, allowing serious problems to go unresolved.

Journal: The Accounting Review

New recyclable resin could enable sustainable 3D printing, researchers report

Yokohama National University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Once only achievable in the far-fetched imaginations of science fiction writers, 3D printing has gone mainstream. Relatively inexpensive machines allow individuals to design and print everything from board games and desk accessories to replacement parts for household appliances and more. One of the biggest selling points is the ability to recycle a printed piece into something new, offering a potential pathway to more sustainable living. However, the highest quality 3D printing used to create extremely precise structures at the submicron scale — a method called stereolithography — uses process that involves photocuring resin by exposing the material to ultraviolet (UV) light. This irreversibly chemically changes the resin, making it impossible to recycle.

Journal: ACS Omega
Funder: Japan Science and Technology Agency, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Disability inclusion in advertising builds stronger brand affinity, shows news research

City St George’s, University of London
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Adverts that feature people with a disability greatly enhance consumer attitudes towards brands and their products, according to new research co-authored by Bayes Business School that also shows the effectiveness of diversity regulations and the benefits of compliance.

Journal: Journal of Marketing

No meaningful health impacts from exposure to wind turbines

University of Pittsburgh
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A joint study published in PNAS found no detectable adverse health outcomes in a study of more than 120,000 households.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Study reveals one of world’s first cities prospered as wealth-gap shrank

University of York
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research reveals that the 4,000-year-old city of Mohenjo-daro defied the ‘rules’ of history by becoming more equal as it became more successful.

Journal: Antiquity

See-through packaging increases desire for ownersip, new research finds

City St George’s, University of London
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research co-authored by Bayes Business School shows see-through or cut-out product packaging on a shelf drives our desire for ownership of a product.

Journal: International Journal of Marketing

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