Business & Economics
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Q&A: What universities can learn about navigating ideological tension from the history of same-sex domestic partner benefits
University of WashingtonPeer-Reviewed Publication
- Journal
- Organization Science
New study reveals key to increasing Black women tech founders: startup employment
Strategic Management SocietyPeer-Reviewed Publication
A groundbreaking new study published in the Strategic Management Journal uncovers a powerful and practical strategy to address the longstanding underrepresentation of Black women in the tech startup world: working at startups before founding one.
Despite the surge in entrepreneurship across the U.S., diversity remains a critical challenge. While 71% of startup founders are white, just 6% are Black—and a mere fraction of that figure represents Black women. In response to this disparity, researchers from Texas A&M University, Arizona State University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill examined how employment at a startup can pave the way for underrepresented individuals, particularly Black women, to become founders.
- Journal
- Strategic Management Journal
VR could help train employees working with robots
University of GeorgiaPeer-Reviewed Publication
Working with robots is becoming more common in the recycling industry, helping automate tasks and making complicated work easier. But training human employees to work with robots can be difficult and time consuming.
- Journal
- Machines
Involving communities in nature-based solutions to climate challenges leads to greater innovation, study shows
University of ExeterPeer-Reviewed Publication
Involving communities in nature-based solutions to tackle urban climate and environmental challenges leads to innovation and multiple benefits, a study shows.
- Journal
- Discover Cities
Compassion makes employees more resilient when employers behave badly
North Carolina State UniversityPeer-Reviewed Publication
New research finds that the more compassionate people are, the better able they are to deal with broken promises in the workplace. Specifically, the study suggests that compassion makes employees tougher: more emotionally resilient, higher performing, and less likely to seek new work when they feel their employer has broken a promise to them.
- Journal
- Journal of Business Ethics