Film studios may be overlooking financial opportunities by underusing women as screenwriters and directors, an analysis stretching 30 years of film releases has shown. The data indicate that films with a woman screenwriter but no woman director had 34% higher median profit than male-only productions and 25% higher median return on investment. Films with women in both directing and screenwriting roles achieved about the same median return on investment on roughly half the budget. Yet women remain underrepresented, particularly at the highest budget levels. The author said routine inclusion of women into hiring, greenlighting, and budgeting practices could be a starting point for change.

More than 93,000 visible appearances of brands promoting unhealthy food and drink, alcohol, gambling and speculative products were recorded during coverage of the largest FIFA World Cup in history, new research has found. Unhealthy food and drink brands accounted for more than seven in ten, with 65,722 appearances.

A new study from Michigan State University found that the personality characteristics that get you promoted to a leader aren’t necessarily the qualities that make you a good one.

In a study published online ahead of print in the November issue of the journal Personality and Individual Differences, scholars at Rutgers Business School’s Center for Women in Business report that fathers of daughters show higher levels of attachment, commitment, trust and intimacy toward the child’s mother than fathers of sons.

New RMIT University research suggests environmental awareness alone may not stop people buying ultra-fast fashion, with price and convenience trumping sustainability concerns for shoppers.

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