Archives for July, 2015

Bill: Make ‘National Interest’ Explicit in NSF Grants
Academic Funding
July 31, 2015

Bill: Make ‘National Interest’ Explicit in NSF Grants

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Don’t Miss the 2015 ICHRIE Summer Conference!
Business and Management INK
July 31, 2015

Don’t Miss the 2015 ICHRIE Summer Conference!

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Sheldon Solomon on Fear of Death
Social Science Bites
July 30, 2015

Sheldon Solomon on Fear of Death

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Introducing the New Editor of Journal of Sports Economics!
Business and Management INK
July 29, 2015

Introducing the New Editor of Journal of Sports Economics!

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Malaria Vaccine – Great Science But What’s the Point?

Malaria Vaccine – Great Science But What’s the Point?

Bully for the researchers who have developed a vaccine can build resistance against some instances of malaria, says Robert Dingwall. But before the WHO recommends for its adoption, he suggests a harder look at user-centered design and cost-benefit analysis may be in order.

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I Never Thought I’d Quote the Pope: Self-Interested Pragmatism and University Rankings

I Never Thought I’d Quote the Pope: Self-Interested Pragmatism and University Rankings

In his recent encyclical that made waves for addressing climate change, notes our blogger Michelle Stack, Pope Francis also spoke about the current emphasis on education as a consumer product that focuses on “self-interested pragmatism.”

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Robert E. Evert on Empirics in Family Business Research

Robert E. Evert on Empirics in Family Business Research

[We’re pleased to welcome Robert E. Evert of Texas Tech University. Dr. Evert recently published an article in Family Business Review with […]

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Book Review: Bruce Kogut (ed.): The Small Worlds of Corporate Governance

Book Review: Bruce Kogut (ed.): The Small Worlds of Corporate Governance

Bruce Kogut (ed.): The Small Worlds of Corporate Governance. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2012. 388 pp. $42.00, hardcover. You can read the […]

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Behavior Routinely on Biomedicine’s Back Burner

Behavior Routinely on Biomedicine’s Back Burner

The challenge of infusing the social sciences into what are generally viewed as biomedical issues has been a long and difficult one, as the recent WHO report on Ebola demonstrates. Oddly, this lesson has been learned many times before, but keeps getting forgotten.

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Are Young Mothers in India Deprived of Maternal Health Care Services?

Are Young Mothers in India Deprived of Maternal Health Care Services?

Young women are at a higher risk of poor birth outcomes. Studies have found increased risk of preterm delivery, intrauterine growth retardation […]

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Making Sense of Screening: Public Expectations About Screening Still Don’t Match What Screening Programmes Can Deliver 

Making Sense of Screening: Public Expectations About Screening Still Don’t Match What Screening Programmes Can Deliver 

Misconceptions about how screening works, its limitations and possible harms are still being perpetuated by media stories and high profile cases, such […]

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Matt Owens on Obscure Research That Makes a Big Impact

Matt Owens on Obscure Research That Makes a Big Impact

‘Don’t judge a book by its cover – federal funding for odd or frivolous sounding research pays enormous societal, health, security, and economic dividends to the American taxpayer,’ argues a member of the steering committee for the Golden Goose Award.

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