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“#Africa food organization ‘fails to deliver on promise to double yields’” A farmer picks drying maize cobs in Machakos, Kenya. Critics of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa say it has failed to increase crop yields and farmer incomes. Credit: CIMMYT/ Peter Lowe, (CC BY-NC 2.0) Large agricultural development programs have done little…
“#With management resistance overcome, working from home may be here to stay” Managers have long resisted working from home out fears of lower productivity. Credit: Shutterstock It has been almost 50 years ago since visionaries started predicting a digital revolution enabling many of us to work from home. But that revolution has long been thwarted…
“#Skat and poker: More luck than skill?” An image of a person playing the poker varient, Texas Hold’em. Credit: Wikipedia. Chess requires playing ability and strategic thinking; in roulette, chance determines victory or defeat, gain or loss. But what about skat and poker? Are they games of chance or games of skill in game theory?…
“#Revealed: How billions in EU farming subsidies are being misspent” Credit: CC0 Public Domain A unique study has analyzed in detail how EU agricultural subsidies flow down to the local level. The new data show that most income support payments go to intensively farmed regions already above median EU income, while climate-friendly and biodiverse farming…
“#Study uncovers how effective entrepreneurship can ignite economic growth of an entire community” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research from The Business School (formerly Cass) has shed light on how Mirandola, a small town in the North East of Italy, became a major hub for the production of medical devices and sets a roadmap for…
“#How consumer expectations are evolving throughout the COVID-19 crisis” Credit: CC0 Public Domain From savings and job security to staying safe in the age of social distancing, there’s a lot for consumers to worry about during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prof. Raphael Schoenle and a team of researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland are…
“#Are the doors closing on the open office?” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As workers return to their offices after the initial phase of lockdowns implemented to stop the spread of coronavirus, there is a new reckoning in the workplace: Will the open office survive? The open office concept, an innovative model that emerged in the…
“#Unconventional monetary policy and bank risk taking” Central banks are ramping up efforts to limit the economic fallout of the pandemic. Credit: Public Domain Pictures from Pixabay Unconventional monetary policy does not lead to greater risk-taking by banks, according to new research. This will be welcome news for central banks and policymakers as they ramp…
“#COVID-19 pandemic likely to cause sales tax loss for Ohio municipalities” Small municipalities in Ohio that rely on retail sales taxes from apparel, vehicle sales, restaurants and tourism could see as much as a 50 percent decline in tax revenue because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study has found. The study, published Monday in…
“#Kenya: How stark inequality frustrates the dreams of Nairobi’s jobless young men” Gated lives: luxury housing communities being built in Nairobi. Credit: James Karuga/Shutterstock “Today I woke up late, because there was nothing I was doing,” Wilfred wrote in his diary. Like many of his peers, the 21-year-old lacks permanent employment, seeking small amounts of…