Want to improve your business’s online ratings? Make sure to respond to reviews
Can responding to online reviews improve a business' online reputation?
According to a forthcoming study in the INFORMS journal Marketing Science, a leading academic marketing journal,...
Your neighborhood grocery store is changing
Clearly, grocery stores play an important role in our daily lives, but grocers are facing unseen outside challenges today that will change the way...
How flood insurance works? 6 questions answered
What is flood insurance?
Homeowners’ insurance does not cover damage to a home caused by flooding.
A homeowner must have a separate policy to cover flood-related...
Why US battery startups fail?
Better batteries are critical to the world's clean energy future.
More economical and efficient batteries would help to solve many of our planet's energy challenges,...
New jobs remain vacant an average of nine days, study finds
Looking for a job? You may have only nine days to apply
Economists often treat hiring as a sequential search process.
An employer receives an application,...
How transit affects job seekers? The first and last mile to the station make...
The way that public transit riders reach their nearest stop to home could make an important difference in the jobs available to them.
USC researchers...
Surveys of Consumers: Improved personal finances
Consumer sentiment has remained largely unchanged at very favorable levels since the start of 2017, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers.
The...
After Hurricane Katrina, personal debt fell for those worst hit — but at a...
After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans a dozen years ago, there was a sharp and immediate drop in personal debt among residents living in...
How to improve mental health in your workplace
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 1 in 5 Americans live with a mental health condition.
Just like physical illnesses, mental health conditions...
Why people with ADHD can be successful in business
The symptoms of ADHD foster important traits associated with entrepreneurship.
That conclusion was reached in a study conducted by an international team of economists, who...