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- Tax Fraud Is a $30B Industry (and Growing) http://www.texasenterprise.utexas.edu/2015/02/26/finance/tax-fraud-30-billion-industry-and-growing 5 comments
- Study: Want to Motivate Your Employees? Let Them Work From Home http://www.texasenterprise.utexas.edu/2015/10/14/research-brief/want-motivate-your-employees-let-them-work-home 11 comments economy
- The Ties That Bind: Finding Jobs Through LinkedIn. Research shows that when people increase the number of weak ties in their LinkedIn networks, they apply for more jobs, but they receive fewer interviews and offers compared to those who increased their number of strong ties. http://www.texasenterprise.utexas.edu/2014/09/17/workplace/ties-bind-finding-jobs-through-linkedin-1 11 comments technology
- Open Sesame: Revealing the Risk and Reward of an Alibaba IPO. "Anybody doing business with China has to understand that there is no such thing as a private sector that’s independent of politics. It does not exist. http://www.texasenterprise.utexas.edu/2014/09/10/finance/open-sesame-revealing-risk-and-reward-alibaba-ipo 10 comments investing
- "A lot of judges don't understand computers and software, particularly Supreme Court Justices." Software Patent Laws Enable Trolls, Drive Up Costs and Stifle Innovation. http://www.texasenterprise.utexas.edu/2014/05/14/innovation/murky-patent-laws-enable-trolls-drive-costs-and-stifle-innovation 14 comments technology
- Why Do Women Accept Lower Salary Offers Than Men? "My research shows that women are good negotiators across the board, but they are negotiating more than just the deal on the table." http://www.texasenterprise.utexas.edu/2014/04/28/leadership/why-do-women-accept-lower-salary-offers-men 11 comments business
- Can You Afford to Retire? "From the standpoint of the U.S. government consolidated, there's no trust fund at all." http://www.texasenterprise.utexas.edu/2014/04/09/finance/can-you-afford-retire 3 comments politics
- How (and Why) to Start Mentoring. "During a particularly challenging and stressful time, I was questioning my own capabilities, and one of my mentors told me something I will never forget." http://www.texasenterprise.utexas.edu/2013/06/24/leadership/how-and-why-start-mentoring 3 comments business
- Are You Making Your Employees Less Productive? Supporting single-tasking and focus will help employees to feel less scattered and distracted, and therefore less stressed, contributing to their feeling of well-being at work. http://www.texasenterprise.utexas.edu/2013/05/30/workplace/are-you-making-your-employees-less-productive 35 comments business
- Work with a jerk? Researchers find performance-based pay incentives can improve office collaboration. http://www.texasenterprise.utexas.edu/2013/03/your-brain-incentives 5 comments business
- Higher Minimum Wage Lifts Minority Women Out of Poverty, Report Shows http://www.texasenterprise.utexas.edu/article/higher-minimum-wage-minority-women-families-report 7 comments politics
- This holiday shopping season, don't count out bricks and mortar retailers. "Once you say you’re going to match the Internet price, there's no incentive for the buyer to wait three days [and] pay shipping costs." http://www.texasenterprise.utexas.edu/article/opportunity-store-online-sellers 5 comments business
- Collateral Brand Damage: Lessons from Lance. Experts highlight the dangers associated with building your brand around a high-profile personality and suggest strategies for how to move forward in the aftermath of an endorsement deal gone bad. http://www.texasenterprise.utexas.edu/article/collateral-brand-damage-lessons-lance-armstrong 4 comments business
- Movements in gasoline prices are driven mainly by changes in oil prices. "In terms of world oil prices, it doesn’t matter whether we drill here or in Africa. But the increase in domestic production is good for the economy." http://www.texasenterprise.utexas.edu/article/big-question-why-are-gas-prices-so-volatile 3 comments economy
- Ben Bernanke and the Great Monetary Hail Mary http://www.texasenterprise.utexas.edu/article/ben-bernanke-and-great-monetary-hail-mary 3 comments economy
- Ethics in the Workplace. Bonuses tied to key metrics may drive healthy competition — or they may cause workers to game the system. "Kids learn and figure out how to game incentive systems by the time they're about two or three." http://www.texasenterprise.utexas.edu/article/ethics-workplace 2 comments business
- Researchers find stocks respond strongly to the monthly U.S. Leading Economic Index, even though much of the information in that report had already been released elsewhere, suggesting that investors could look at previously published LEI components and trade in advance of the LEI’s release. http://www.texasenterprise.utexas.edu/article/do-stale-statistics-drive-market 6 comments business