Tag: Business
Is Trump’s trade war saving American jobs – or killing them?
Jeffrey Kucik, University of Arizona
With the U.S.-China trade war intensifying, there is a lot of talk about whether tariffs save American jobs – as...
China-US trade war heats up: 3 reasons it won’t cool down...
Greg Wright, University of California, Merced
The truce in the U.S.-China trade war is in tatters.
China said on May 13 that it will impose new...
How Uber and other digital platforms could trick us using behavioral...
Abbey Stemler, Indiana University; Joshua E. Perry, Indiana University, and Todd Haugh, Indiana University
Uber’s business model is incredibly simple: It’s a platform that facilitates...
How your employer uses perks like wellness programs, phones and free...
Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon
Companies offer all sorts of benefits and extras to attract the most favored workers, from health care and stock...
Pet owners want to be masters, not servants – which is...
Colleen P. Kirk, New York Institute of Technology
Cat videos may rule the internet, but dogs possess mastery of their owners’ hearts – at least...
Boeing is doing crisis management all wrong – here’s what a...
Kelli Matthews, University of Oregon
In a crisis, time is not on your side.
A crisis creates a vacuum, an informational void that gets filled one...
#MeToo whistleblowing is upending century-old legal precedent demanding loyalty to the...
Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon
When was the last time you agreed to keep a secret?
Perhaps it was a personal confidence shared by a...
#MeToo, workplace equality and the ‘wave of women’: 3 essential reads
Bryan Keogh, The Conversation and Nicole Zelniker, The Conversation
Editor’s note: As we come to the end of the year, Conversation editors take a look...
EXPLORING NATURE
Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age...
Jessica C. Thompson, Yale University; Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), and Jessica Cerezo-Román, University of Oklahoma
