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Combatting organizational silence: How to have an honest conversation
Hewlett Packard’s Santa Rosa Systems Division was formed to take HP into a new and growing internet market. Yet, two years later, growth and profits were so disappointing that the senior team thought they were six months from being replaced. What saved them? An honest conversation about what was going wrong and overcoming organizational silence.
Policy priorities for gender and entrepreneurship
Read here about policy suggestions from an academic-practitioner collaboration for gender and entrepreneurship.
The impact of Brexit on the UK economy
Sarah Hall, Professor of Economic Geography at the University of Nottingham, charts the impact of Brexit on the UK economy and identifies opportunities for future developments.
Local exposure to asylum seekers promotes a more positive attitude toward ethnic diversity
Sigrid Suetens, Professor from Tilburg University School of Economics and Management, shows that local exposure to asylum seekers promotes a more positive attitude toward ethnic diversity.
Indigenous students face disparities in STEM
Dr. Judith Brown Clarke and Dr. Wendy K’ah Skaahluwaa Todd, shed light on the crucial role of cultural identity in native American-Alaskan students’ persistence and success in STEM fields and the Geosciences.
Current challenges for European democracy
Cesare Pinelli, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Rome La Sapienza, discusses the reasons behind the EU’s vulnerability to criticism by populist leaders.
Reshaping the discourse on women’s voices in metal music
Lori Burns, Professor at The University of Ottawa, walks us her research on reshaping the discourse on women’s voices in metal music.
Violent extremism: The journey in and the pathway out
Understanding and addressing violent extremism goes beyond just ideology. Morten Bøås of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs suggests that looking at the underlying reasons and addressing its root cause might be crucial to finding solutions.
Puppetry to cement European cultural identity
Tracing Western European repertoires of puppet and marionette theatres brings to light the international circulation of heroes, techniques, and stories. It demonstrates how this popular type of entertainment contributes to the dissemination of shared cultural references.
Sex-based labour market segregation and women’s perceptions of entrepreneurship
Here Professors Tonoyan, Strohmeyer, and Jennings investigate sex-based labour market segregation and women's perceptions of entrepreneurship.
The gender stereotyping of entrepreneurship
Professors Jennings and Tonoyan distill prior research and chart avenues for future research.
Welfare economics: Promoting equality through general policies
Yew-Kwang Ng, Emeritus Professor at the Department of Economics, Monash University, continues a discussion about welfare economics, focusing on efficiency supremacy in specific areas, arguing that equality should be promoted through general policies.
An economic analysis of social welfare
Yew-Kwang Ng, Emeritus Professor at the Department of Economics, Monash University, evaluates social welfare from an economic angle.
Pursuing responsible finance in a world of rising risks
Marc Brightman and James Christopher Mizes, from the University of Bologna, explore the importance of responsible finance in a world of rising risks.
UK childcare policy: Navigating choices, challenges and the need for reform
In this article, Prof. Dr. Ingela Naumann, University of Fribourg, explores UK childcare policy through the Nordic perspective on parental work, and the struggle to balance choices for families in the face of societal and economic constraints.
Enhancing Japanese elementary and junior high-school foreign language education
Our ongoing research, fuelled by last year’s research grant, delves into the theme of “Evaluation of Foreign Language Education Fostering Children’s Thinking, Judgment, Expressiveness and Autonomous Attitude in the Digital Age”.
Offender-led religious movements: Why we should have faith in prisoner-led reform
Byron R. Johnson and Sung Joon Jang, both from Baylor University and Pepperdine University, suggest that the solution to criminal justice reform could lie in the prisoner-led faith programmes, which provide positive, cost-efficient rehabilitation.
Sensory roles in reading skills: The print-to-speech model
While it is easy to recognise the necessary role that vision plays in reading, it is important to know that many other senses contribute to the acquisition, refinement and maintenance of reading skills including sound, touch and motor coordination, to name just a few.
Business and human rights in Japan: Progress and challenges of the Japanese government
Professor Emi Sugawara from Osaka University of Economics and Law, Faculty of International Studies, discusses government’s efforts to respect human rights in the supply chain.
Empowerment through education: Sexual assault resistance programs for girls and young women
Charlene Y. Senn and Sara E. Crann from the University of Windsor discuss the importance of sexual assault resistance programs in equipping girls and young women with the knowledge and skills to reduce the risk of sexual assault.
