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Can Losing Weight Make You More Productive?
Losing weight is a goal on many office workers' minds, but could trimming down actually make you more productive? That's a surprising finding from a recent experiment that increased workers' activity levels to help them fight their sedentary spread. by CC Holland
Tags: Study, Operational Accounting, Finance, CC Holland
Blog posts 2008-08-06
Good CSR Can Get You Cheaper MBAs
Practice good corporate responsibility and you’ll be able to hire fresh-out-of-the-gate MBAs at a deep discount, according to a new study by the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. The study showed that 97 per cent of the study’s 759 subjects would be willing to sacrifice an...
Tags: Leadership, Business Ethics, Study, MBA, Michael Mattis, Management
Blog posts 2008-07-28
Boost Your Productivity with Three-Martini Lunch
A new study published in today's New England Journal of Medicine suggests that highly stressed workers can benefit from consuming three alcoholic beverages at lunchtime. Here's an excerpt: Participants in the study reported that [after the lunch hour] their workloads no longer seemed as daunting, and that they felt...
Tags: Study, Beverage, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2008-04-01
What's the Worst Night for Sleeping?
Sunday night. In a study of 3,500 adults, conducted by hotel chain Travelodge, more than half reported restless Sunday nights, leading to sick days and otherwise unproductive Mondays. Here's an excerpt from the BBC News report on the study: Disrupted sleep has been blamed for a lack of concentration at...
Tags: Rick Broida, Concentration, Study
Blog posts 2008-02-05
Debunking the Myth of the Star Performer
A new study at the Harvard Business School takes the spotlight off the "top performers" and focuses it on the other folks who make it possible for the star to shine. According to the researchers, "Stars need to recognize that despite their talent, knowledge, experience, and reputation, who they work...
Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Performance Management, Study, Performance, Hiring, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Leslie Leite
Blog posts 2007-05-16
Careers For Graduates With A Degree In Latin American Studies
Nowadays, graduates with a degree in Latin American studies are entering a society and a world in which Latin American countries have become more and more significant. For graduates with a degree in Latin American studies this means a greater availability of career opportunities both nationally and internationally. Because graduates...
Tags: Study, Degree, Associated Content, Professional Development, Career
White papers 2006-10-26
Palatin Technologies, Inc. F4Q09 (Qtr End 06/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions The first question comes from the line of Matt Kaplan – Ladenburg Thalmann. Matt Kaplan – Ladenburg Thalmann Starting off with the AstraZeneca agreement you mentioned that you amended and extended that agreement. What does that mean for Palatin going forward?...
Tags: AstraZeneca Plc., Study, Call Transcript, Agreement, Earnings, Palatin Technologies Inc., Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-09-08
A Study on Design Preference and Satisfaction in Consumer Decision Making - Focused on Alternatives Choice Processing in On-Line Shopping
When consumers make a decision, they use various choice strategies to maximize their satisfaction and to minimize their regret. While the advantage of on-line shopping is to save time and effort, process of choice is restricted by the lack of information of the product. As the first step, the object...
Tags: Study, Decision-making, Tools & Techniques, Management
White papers 2003-06-01
Implementing ERP Systems in China
This paper reports the findings of an exploratory study of R/3 users in China which has been conducted in spring 2000. The broad purpose of the study has been to identify crucial implementation process and context variables which warrant closer attention in the study of IT-enabled organizational change. While it...
Tags: China, Study, ERP System, ERP, IEEE, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2001-12-19
Biodel Inc. F3Q09 (Qtr End 06/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. We’ll take our first question from Corey Davis with Natixis. Corey Davis - Natixis Sol, it’s unclear to me from the two studies that you mentioned specifically, the bridging study in the Type 1 pilot, it sounds like those are going to be part of...
Tags: Study, Call Transcript, Earnings, Biodel Inc., NDA, Injection Site, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-08-07
DURECT Corporation Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Our first question comes from Dave Windley with Jefferies & Co. Dave Windley – Jefferies & Co. I have a couple. I was wondering, Jim on the Phase III program for POSIDUR, is the two-year timeframe, is that basically the – is the rate limiting step there...
Tags: Study, Call Transcript, Earnings, Jefferies & Co., Federal Government, Government, Seeking Alpha, Durect Corp.
Earnings calls 2009-05-06
Careers For Graduates With A Degree In African American Studies
Careers for graduates with a degree in African American studies are found throughout the United States, but with the greatest concentration in metropolitan areas or regions that are home to large minority populations. African-American studies is a relative newcomer in the academic arsenal of many colleges and universities. Like degrees...
Tags: Study, Degree, Associated Content, African-American Study, Professional Development, Career
White papers 2006-10-16
United Therapeutics Corporation Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions First question will go to Biren Amin with Stanford. Biren Amin - Stanford Group Hi Martine, hope you feel better today, I was just wondering if you could maybe discuss deign of this new FREEDOM study. We see similar primary end points with the six...
Tags: Patient, Study, Call Transcript, Earnings, Seeking Alpha, United Therapeutics Corp.
Earnings calls 2009-02-17
Unlocking Productivity Potential
Simon Frewer, Senior Engagement Manager of SEC Solutions, explains the results of a huge study his company did on what does and doesn't work in sales. One important thing to do is not to just study your top performers, but to understand what it is they do differently the bottom...
Tags: SEC, Productivity, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, selling, sales, salespeople, performers, study, closing, Selling Power
Videos 2009-06-04
Acadia Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions. Your first question comes from Charles Duncan with JMP. Charles Duncan – JMP I had a quick question for Roger. Can you run through your assumptions in terms of powering for the primary efficacy endpoint? You said 90%, I believe,...
Tags: Patient, Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc., Study, Variability, Call Transcript, Earnings, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-03-09
Feel Isolated? Buy a Smart Phone, Get on Facebook, Says a New Study
A new study this week by the folks at Pew indicates that users of digital media are less isolated socially than other Americans, have more friends, and make more visits to venues like cafes and parks. by David Weir
Tags: Facebook, Phone, Study, Smart Phone, Smart Phones, Digital Media, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, David Weir
Blog posts 2009-11-06
Carbon Offsets: The Next Cash Crop for Farmers?
Climate legislation could pad --not punish -- the bottom line of farmers who embrace the potential cash crop of the carbon offsets market, according to a report released this week by the Department of Agriculture. The USDA analysis examines the possible impact of climate legislation that reduces...
Tags: Cap-and-Trade, Farmers, U.S. Department Of Agriculture, Study, Income, Analysis, Carbon, USDA Analysis, Operational Accounting, Personal Finance, Finance, Kirsten Korosec
Blog posts 2009-07-23
ScriptLogic Windows 7 Study Is A Crock; Media Swallows It Anyway
The marketing tactic of spreading FUD -- fear, uncertainty, and doubt -- is nothing new in the computer industry. Many companies point to questionable studies as their tools of dissemination, like a PR agency study for Credant Technologies that I recently deconstructed. Well, there appears to be another bogus study,...
Tags: Study, Media, ScriptLogic Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Public Relations, Productivity, Marketing Research, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-07-14
Advertising-Based Internet Creates 3.1 Million U.S. Jobs
A new study co-authored by Harvard Business School professor John Deighton puts some economic perspective around the U.S. Internet economy created this decade. According to the study, which was commissioned by the Internet Advertising Bureau: Interactive advertising contributes 2.1%, or $300 billion, to total...
Tags: Web, Advertisement, Study, Internet, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Sean Silverthorne
Blog posts 2009-06-11
Dueling Studies -- Does Renewable Energy Create or Destroy Jobs?
Energy becomes a more politicized issue every day. Case in point: A new study showing that the renewable energy industry actually destroys jobs. Coming from Spain's Juan Carlos University, the study "reveals with high confidence," in its own words, that each new job in the green sector destroys 2.2 jobs...
Tags: Job, Renewable Energy, Study, Recruitment & Selection, Telecom & Utilities, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Chris Morrison
Blog posts 2009-04-10
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