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Rules That Improve the Business Environment?

Emily Badger — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:11:53 +0000

As the Porter Hypothesis — that well-structured environmental regulations can help businesses — marks two decades, resistance to the concept remains strong.

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Billion-Dollar Underdogs

Brad Wittwer — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 12:00:52 +0000

New research shows that consumers identify with and choose brands they see as the underdog.

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Empathy Conducive to Creativity

Tom Jacobs — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:41:06 +0000

New research suggests creativity in the workplace is enhanced by concern for others’ needs, and a willingness to walk in their shoes.

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The Wal-Mart Catechism

Erik Hayden — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:45:26 +0000

A new book on the discount chain’s down-home early days doesn’t tell us much about its status as the world’s largest — and most controversial — retailer.

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What’s In a Label?

Elisabeth Best — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:00:45 +0000

The real meaning of the fair trade label on your gourmet coffee.

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This Import Might Preserve American Jobs

Judith D. Schwartz — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:00:58 +0000

Might a cooperative model that arose from ashes of a civil war serve the Rust Belt economies of America's Midwest?

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Is American Business More Progressive Than Its Consumers?

Emily Badger — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:00:00 +0000

As some high-profile corporations publicly embrace the reality of climate change, are they moving faster than the American population as a whole?

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Climate Change Gridlock

Erik Hayden — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:45:00 +0000

Emission standards will help manage rising temperatures, but the time to act is now.

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High Noon in Aisle 9

Frank Nelson — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:00:00 +0000

Labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein has been following Wal-Mart for half a decade now, and he believes changes in China, and not in the domestic landscape, may force its day of reckoning.

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Profit, Thy Name Is … Woman?

Roy D. Adler — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:15:00 +0000

The consistent correlation between women executives and high profitability.

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Putting Corporations on the Carbon Scale

Matt Jenkins — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:00:00 +0000

Mike Wallace helps climate-savvy investors determine whether companies will prosper or shrivel as carbon dioxide regulation becomes reality.

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