World Economy

About 1 in 3 Americans make at least one New Year’s resolution, according to Pew Research. While most of these vows focus on weight loss, fitness and other health-related goals, many fall into a distinct […]

For decades, researchers and practitioners have debated whether it is better to make the first offer in a negotiation or to wait. A new meta-study now provides a comprehensive and clear answer. The researchers analyzed […]

More of us than ever are trying to make environmentally responsible travel choices. Sustainable travel is now less niche and more mainstream, with 93% of travelers in one survey saying they would consider sustainable choices.This […]

New research from the University of St Andrews, with Oxford Brookes University and the University of Liverpool, has found that business start-up rates are significantly lower in former mining communities.This article is brought to you […]

The Syrian civil war, which began in 2011, has been widely framed as a “climate conflict” and a mass migration and uprising triggered by a severe drought. This very well-known and media-popular narrative is now […]

For the first time, a study analyzes and compares the intensity and expansion of the phenomenon of gentrification (replacement of a population of lower socioeconomic status by another with higher purchasing power) in Spain over […]

Businesses and policymakers risk missing out on workforce potential by misunderstanding neurodiverse conditions and the biological differences that shape entrepreneurial strengths, according to new research led by the University of Surrey. Instead of considering ADHD, […]

Many investors are asking themselves if we are living in an AI bubble; others have gone beyond that and are simply asking themselves, until when? Yet the bubble keeps growing, fueled by that perilous sentiment […]

Grief over the sudden death of a partner leads 1 in 6 surviving partners to experience such severe psychological distress that they begin taking sedatives or antidepressants. If the death also results in a noticeable […]

As the Christmas shopping period begins in earnest following Black Friday and Cyber Monday, new research led by the University of Birmingham and the University of Bristol sheds light on how consumers’ environmental and social […]