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“#Sociology professor examines pandemic effect on restaurants” Credit: CC0 Public Domain As the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown continues, restaurants everywhere are feeling the impact. Many closed or switched to curbside and takeout options. But others have been on a months-long roller coaster—opening as virus numbers dropped and closing down when cases rose. And a large percentage…
“#Resurging virus could throw burgeoning economic recovery off its rails” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The nascent economic recovery that had started to sprout across the nation as businesses reopened following COVID-19-mandated closures, has been thrown a major curveball as new cases of the virus have surged. According to an analysis released today by the UC…
“#Don’t abandon plans for high-speed rail in Australia” Credit: Thomas Nord/Shutterstock The Grattan Institute’s call to “abandon” plans for any high-speed rail network in Australia fails to look at the wider benefits such a project can bring by way of more productive economies and more sustainable towns and cities. The study authors argue the development…
“#Review of microfinance studies finds many flaws, no conclusions” What do we know about microfinance—often touted as the solution for the economic woes of developing countries? Practically nothing, say researchers from UConn’s Department of Agricultural and Resources and Economics. Assistant professor Nathan Fiala and co-author Mahesh Dahal published research earlier this year in World Development…
“#Black Lives Matter, LGBTQ rights, Trump: The risks and rewards of corporate activism” Dozens of companies have recently expressed support for Black Lives Matter. Credit: Jessica Felicio via unsplash, CC BY-SA Companies and CEOs are increasingly wading into political issues. My latest research suggests that such corporate activism can come with high costs if it…
“#What COVID-19 can teach tourism about the climate crisis” Credit: CC0 Public Domain The global coronavirus pandemic has hit the tourism industry hard worldwide. Not only that, but it has exposed a lack of resilience to any type of downturn, according to new research from Lund University in Sweden. While the virus may or may…
“#Report calls for government to ‘level up’ Stoke-on-Trent economy” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Stoke-on-Trent faces an increased threat of poverty and destitution due to the COVID-19 crisis, a new report reveals. The research has been carried out by Staffordshire University Business School for the Stoke-on-Trent Hardship Commission and highlights the considerable work to be still…
“#UK unveils post-Brexit border plans and ad campaign” Almost half a century of frictionless travel is to be slowed by hurdles within a few months Britain on Monday launched another Brexit advertising blitz and unveiled its first detailed proposals for managing the country’s borders after cutting ties with the European Union. The campaign, aimed at…
“#5 ways higher education can be seen as hostile to women of color” In 2019, Amy Bonomi, a women’s studies scholar, co-edited “Women Leading Change: Breaking the Glass Ceiling, Cliff, and Slipper.” The book examines the perspectives of 23 female leaders on issues of leadership and the challenges of confronting structural racism, bias and discrimination…
“#Study links attraction to ‘tyrannical’ leaders to dysfunctional family dynamics” Ever wonder how some leaders in business or politics who appear selfish, manipulative and domineering still manage to amass a following? A recent study in the Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies by San Francisco State University Assistant Professor of Management Dayna Herbert Walker found…