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The Conversation - Business

'If you don't like dark roast, this isn't the coffee for you': How exclusionary ads can win over the right customers - Jaclyn L. Tanenbaum, Florida International University and Karen Anne Wallach, University of Alabama in Huntsville

3 days ago

Resolve to stop punching the clock: Why you might be able to change when and how long you work -- Jennifer Tosti-Kharas, Babson College and Christopher Wong Michaelson, University of St. Thomas

20 days ago

How rogue nations are capitalizing on gaps in crypto regulation to finance weapons programs -- Nolan Fahrenkopf, University at Albany, State University of New York

20 days ago

The US already faces a health care workforce shortage – immigration policy could make it worse -- Bedassa Tadesse, University of Minnesota Duluth

23 days ago

Tariffs 101: What they are, who pays them, and why they matter now -- Kent Jones, Babson College

28 days ago

Time banks could ease the burden of elder care and promote connection -- Chao Guo, University of Pennsylvania; Charlotte Ren, University of Pennsylvania, and John J. DiIulio Jr., University of Pennsylvania

29 days ago

Christmas trees are more expensive than ever in Colorado — what gives? -- Ali Besharat, University of Denver

24 days ago

Johannesburg's produce market has supplied the informal sector for decades: a refresh is due -- Marc Wegerif, University of Pretoria

1 month ago

Why Gen Z and millennial consumers feel disillusioned — and how they can drive real change -- Eugene Y. Chan, Toronto Metropolitan University

1 month ago

How the US cut climate-changing emissions while its economy more than doubled -- Valerie Thomas, Georgia Institute of Technology

2 months ago

Three reasons why so many economists disagree with Donald Trump's tariffs -- Luis Angeles, University of Glasgow

2 months ago

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1 year ago

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11 months ago

Passing on a family business isn't easy. Here's why – and what factors predict success -- Francesco Chirico, Macquarie University

1 month ago

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1 month ago

A backlash against AI imagery in ads may have begun as brands promote 'human-made' -- Paul Harrison, Deakin University

1 month ago

Global companies are still committing to protect the climate – and they're investing big money in clean tech -- Lily Hsueh, Arizona State University

1 month ago

Chatbots don't judge! Customers prefer robots over humans when it comes to those 'um, you know' purchases -- Jianna Jin, University of Notre Dame

2 months ago

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1 year ago

Best way for employers to support employees with chronic mental illness is by offering flexibility -- Sherry Thatcher, University of Tennessee and Emily Rosado-Solomon, Babson College

20 days ago

You care about fairness at work – so why do you feel like a fake? -- Meg Warren, Western Washington University; John M. LaVelle, University of Minnesota, and Michael T. Warren, Western Washington University

1 month ago

What five years of evidence on hybrid working tells us about the future of employment -- Jane Parry, University of Southampton

1 month ago

Treating love for work like a virtue can backfire on employees and teams -- Mijeong Kwon, Rice University

1 month ago

The future of work — according to Generation Z — is purposeful, digital and flexible -- Eddy Ng, Queen's University, Ontario

1 month ago

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1 year ago

How climate finance to help poor countries became a global shell game -- Shannon Gibson, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

1 month ago

Yes, there is an AI investment bubble – here's how it could end -- Sergi Basco, Universitat de Barcelona

1 month ago

A bold new investment fund aims to channel billions into tropical forest protection -- Jason Gray, University of California, Los Angeles

1 month ago

Customers can become more loyal if their banks solve fraud cases, researchers find -- Vamsi Kanuri, University of Notre Dame

2 months ago

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1 year ago

With less charitable giving flowing directly to charities, a tax policy scholar suggests some policy fixes -- Ray Madoff, Boston College

3 days ago

Donor-advised funds have more money than ever – and direct more of it to politically active charities -- Brian Mittendorf, The Ohio State University and Helen Flannery, University of Vermont

25 days ago

Nonprofit news outlets are often scared that selling ads could jeopardize their tax-exempt status, but IRS records show that's been rare -- Katherine Fink, Pace University

1 month ago

1 in 3 US nonprofits that serve communities lost government funding in early 2025 -- Lewis Faulk, American University and Mirae Kim, George Mason University

2 months ago

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9 months ago

Taming the moral menace at capitalism's core -- Valerie L. Myers, University of Michigan

20 hours ago

No time to recover: Hurricane Melissa and the Caribbean's compounding disaster trap as the storms keep coming -- Farah Nibbs, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

1 month ago

Has the Fed fixed the economy yet? And other burning economic questions for 2026 -- D. Brian Blank, Mississippi State University and Brandy Hadley, Appalachian State University

10 days ago

Who was the first pirate? -- Brandon Prins, University of Tennessee

16 days ago