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A system that helps entrepreneurs turn an idea into a marketable product has won Bucknell's Small Business Development Center a Pennsylvania SBDC award.

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A 15 to 20 percent drop in the stock market probably wouldn't be enough to trigger a U.S. recession, according to an Ohio State University professor of economics who is a former Federal Reserve Bank official.

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Leading pharmaceutical companies have set aggressive goals to meet shareholder expectations by planning to quadruple the number of new medicines launched annually, according to new Andersen Consulting research.

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The American economy will expand at the same rate this year as it did last year, but growth will slow in 2001 as the Federal Reserve continues to boost interest rates amid rising inflation, say University of Michigan economists.

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Being a good supervisor is important, but keep your own boss, and his boss, happy if you want to climb the career ladder, says dean of the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Business.

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Congress has passed several tax exceptions that encourage people to raid their IRAs for immediate expenses, which jeopardizes the very savings the IRA was meant to promote, according to a University of Illinois tax expert (Elder Law Journal).

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Stanford Business School research examines whether it is cheaper for interest groups to pour money into the campaigns of their favorite candidates or whether it would be more expedient simply to buy out incumbent politicians they do not like.

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People have had the idea that the more a firm produces, the more its production costs decrease, but there is evidence that production experience can sometimes depreciate, according to Stanford Business School research.

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In a comprehensive book about online marketing, a Stanford Business School faculty member lays out the strengths and weaknesses of Internet technology and how it can cause a company to rethink its entire marketing organization.

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Diversity among employees can generate better performance when it comes to out-of-the-ordinary creative tasks, according to Stanford Business School research.

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Three new endowed chairs have been created at the Stanford Business School; in addition, three faculty members have been named to existing endowed chairs.

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As failure rates for startup businesses exceed 50 percent, and for high-technology businesses, the rate may be as high as 90 percent, University of Arkansas faculty members hope to change that by teaching students how to succeed in technology startup companies.

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A Boston University School of Management study has found that although women start up 40 percent of the businesses in the U.S., they only receive four percent of venture capital financing.

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ScienceWise.com, the B2B Workplace on the Web for science and engineering professionals, now provides a free alert service to deliver small business research funding opportunities from all participating federal agencies to users via e-mail.

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Vietnam has a booming private sector but little commercial code; a Stanford Business School economist found that agreements in Vietnam rest on a mix of formal and informal sanctions.

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Many of the women who have joined the American workforce since the 1970s have the computer revolution to thank, according to an Ohio State study (Industrial and Labor Relations Review).

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That price supported IPOs are usually larger, have lower underwriter commissions, offer higher prices than unsupported stocks, and are not likely to be underwritten by lesser-known investment banks is shown by Stanford Business School research.

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Innovative methods for visualizing the wealth of data associated with the power system network, with an emphasis on the use of interactive animation techniques, is being developed by University of Illinois researchers.

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In his most recent and exhaustive study, a Stanford Business School social scientist adds to the debate about how technological change affects employment and finds that technology has exacerbated wage inequality.

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Research conducted by a Stanford Business School associate professor examines how negotiations are affected by different communications media such as email; successful email negotiators punctuate messages with signals of positive emotion.

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A new company, ePO, helps entrepreneurs draft regulatory filings at budget prices using a custom data base of federal and state filing requirements, and it does it quick.

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An innovative e-business initiative, the Michael Bronner e-Business Center and Hatchery, was announced today at Boston University School of Management.

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This year, eight new business leaders will be welcomed as laureates into the Junior Achievement National Business Hall of Fame in an induction ceremony to be held April 18 at the Lincoln Center in New York City.

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Business is the most dominant social organizing force in the world today and, as such, it owes significant obligations to society, according to a Vanderbilt University professor.

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Farmers who want to see site-specific farming technology work before they try it for themselves can "drive by" Purdue University test fields on the Web.

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Purdue Extension's presence at the 2001 Farm Progress Show has been a great way to showcase research and education for Indiana farmers and agribusiness.

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The Sierra Business Council saw the Strang Ranch in California as an opportunity to accomplish its mission: preserve ranches and farms, stabilize the region economically, and preserve open space (Planning, 2-00).

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A moderation in the growth of consumer prices in January suggests that inflation is not a major threat to the U.S. economy, according at an Ohio State University economist.

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Engineering students from the University of Missouri-Rolla will soon work with students in other majors from the other University of Missouri campuses in a "virtual enterprise," which is designed to prepare students for the business world of electronic commerce and Internet-based data management.

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The U.S. copper industry's tripled productivity from 1975-1990 holds vital lessons in competitiveness for both managers of other beleaguered industries and for economic policy developers, says a Colorado School of Mines professor (Mining Engineering).

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Despite the efforts of the U.S. Treasury to promote a new dollar coin this year, the coin will likely fail, says a Swarthmore economics professor.

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Diabetes mellitus occurs when insulin production decreases significantly, when the body produces defective insulin, or when the cells simply cannot use insulin.

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Sitting with an Arab conversation partner, it is important to avoid exposing the sole of one's shoe, as that is perceived as an insult.

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1- From Crystal Pepsi to Osborne Computers, studying the collective marketing disasters; 2- Virtual office will become dominant workplace for professional employees.

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The nation's "dot.com" businesses would be wise to reengineer, not just patch, the computer protocols that were vulnerable to attack this week by hackers, says a Carnegie Mellon University computer security expert.

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In response to the dynamic growth of worldwide drug discovery markets, the Healthcare group at Frost & Sullivan has formed a market research team devoted to investigating the impact and challenges of these technologies.

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To grow genetically modified grains or not is the question facing farmers who must decide now what varieties to plant in the spring, says Purdue University agricultural economist.

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Purdue University Cooperative Extension has stepped up efforts to give farmers greater access to pertinent information on how to deal with the changing circumstances in agriculture.

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The net worth of the average American household rose by 15 percent in the last 10 years, but the net worth of households headed by those under the age of 60 declined, while that of households headed by those age 60 and older increased.

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In the midst of an intense pizza war, Pizza Hut and Papa John's are spending millions in marketing to outdo the other, says a Ball State University marketing expert.

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How successful will neuraminidase inhibitors, the latest class of drugs to attack the influenza virus, be in bolstering a market historically characterized by underperformance?

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As pundits argue for the free speech rights of Atlanta Braves relief pitcher John Rocker, a clear cut employment issue is being lost like a ball in high grass, according to a University of Alabama at Birmingham labor expert.

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Buoyed by a stable economy and increased receipts from tobacco, liquor, and gambling, Illinois will enjoy another year of fiscal plentitude.

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The farmer of tomorrow is more likely to push a pencil than pull a plow, says Purdue University agricultural economist.

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Increased use of farm chemicals combined with the complexity of environmental regulations mean that most farmers probably don't have enough insurance for a modern farm, say Purdue University experts.

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An Arkansas psychologist says personality tests commonly used for hiring and team management contain a flaw that could skew their results.

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With pork supplies expected to drop 3 percent in 2000, a Purdue University agricultural economist says hog farmers will begin to utter the word "profit" again, and perhaps use it regularly, as early as this March.

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The Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership has issued a $40,000 grant to Wake Forest University's Babcock Graduate School of Management to fund a national case study competition for entrepreneurship students.

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More and more companies are embracing "soulful" themes, e.g., Volkswagen uses the slogan "If you were really good in a past life, you come back as something better" to link its new Beetle to the traditional "Bug."

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Recent announcements of layoffs at Coca-Cola are a major management misstep that show a lack of leadership, according to an internationally known expert at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.