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Safety and Compliance | Strategy

Safety Isn’t a Sunk Cost — It’s a Business Asset

Many companies treat safety training as a compliance requirement. But new research shows that making safety a strategic priority can actually create value for employees, customers and shareholders.

31 Jul

• Policy | Accounting

  The 10-Q Rarely Breaks Earnings News. So Why Keep It?

  A new SEC proposal would let companies report semiannually instead of quarterly. Four scholars make the case for letting companies choose their reporting cadence, and for protecting safeguards.

  17 Jul

  
• Innovation | Strategy

  A New Way To Interpret China’s Patent Boom

  China now files more patents than any other nation. But a new measure of innovation shows that their technological catch-up is only happening in a few manufacturing sectors.

  26 Jun

  

Innovation | Finance

How Public Research Attracts Private Investment

A new study suggests regions trying to attract venture capital may need to start with commercializable university innovation.

5 Jun

• Online Polarization | Strategy

  What College Football Reveals About Online Polarization

  New research shows how competition galvanizes identity and emotion to drive supporters and critics apart.

  22 May

  
• AI | Operations

  To Build Lifelong AI, Teach It To Forget

  To keep learning over time, AI systems must forget some information. A new monograph explains why that tradeoff is essential.

  8 May

  

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