Big Data – revolutionising sport in unexpected ways 10-09
Big Data – revolutionising sport in unexpected waysYou know analytics is serious in sport when the Massachusetts Institute of Technology shows an interest. Not only does it run a yearly conference on...
View ArticleSeven Mistakes to Avoid When Writing Multiple-Choice Questions 10-09
Seven Mistakes to Avoid When Writing Multiple-Choice Questions The goal of any well-constructed test is to test students’ expertise on a topic and not their test-taking skills. We need to eliminate as...
View ArticleWho Is the Chief Sustainability Officer? 10-09
HWho Is the Chief Sustainability Officer?There are only a few dozen chief sustainability officers in American companies, although their number has been growing rapidly. A new study byGeorge Serafeim...
View ArticleThe Changing Face of African Innovation 10-09
The Changing Face of African InnovationAfrica has great resources and untapped potential, however, the lack of funding acts as a significant barrier to entrepreneurship and innovation. In order to...
View ArticleThe Best-Performing CEOs in the World 10-18
The Best-Performing CEOs in the WorldThe knock on most business leaders is that they don’t take the long view—that they’re fixated on achieving short-term goals to lift their pay. So which global CEOs...
View Article100 Best CEOs 10-18
100 The Rankings1 Jeffrey Bezos, Amazon2 John Martin, Gilead Sciences3 John Chambers, Cisco Systems4 David Pyott, Allergan5 David Simon, Simon Property Group6 Lars Rebien Sørensen, Novo Nordisk7 Hugh...
View ArticleCEO compensation 10-18
A Closer Look at Compensation$34,321,055160 Robert Iger, Walt Disney$33,349,798277 David Zaslav, Discovery Communications$31,333,332315 Marc Benioff, Salesforce.com$31,069,648481 Fabrizio Freda, Estée...
View ArticleDoes IQ Beat EQ? Wrong Question. 10-18
AfDoes IQ Beat EQ ? Wrong Question.After 100 years of research, there’s little agreement on the definition of intelligence or how to measure IQ. Yet Adam Grant insists cognitive skill trumps...
View ArticleWhat You Eat Affects Your Productivity 10-18
What You Eat Affects Your ProductivityThink back to your most productive workday in the past week. Now ask yourself: On that afternoon, what did you have for lunch?When we think about the factors that...
View ArticleSleep is More Important than Food 10-18
Sleep is More Important than FoodLet’s cut to the chase.Say you decide to go on a fast, and so you effectively starve yourself for a week. At the end of seven days, how would you be feeling? You’d...
View ArticleBurned-out tech workers can't connect to others 10-20
Burned-out tech workers can't connect to othersSAN FRANCISCO — Internet media magnate Arianna Huffington exhorted thousands of workers in the Internet-based software industry last week to not let their...
View Article5 min read Bill Gates' Solution to Income Inequality 10-21
Bill Gates' Solution to Income InequalityPikkeIt might not come as a surprise to many that Bill Gates, whom Forbes’ magazine ranks as the second wealthiest man in the world, doesn’t agree with the...
View ArticleClosing In On Quantum Computing 10-22
Closing In On Quantum Computing“For more than two decades,” writes Valerie C. Coffey (@StellarEdit), “one of the holy grails of physics has been to build a quantum computer that can process certain...
View ArticleHow Modi Can Deliver on the Promise of ‘Make in India’ 10-23
How Modi Can Deliver on the Promise of ‘Make in India’Within the 24 hours surrounding Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of the government’s new, pro-manufacturing “Make in India”...
View ArticleHow U.S. News Calculated the Best Global Universities Rankings 10-29
How U.S. News Calculated the Best Global Universities RankingsView the RankingsFind out how we determined the world's top universities overall and by region and country.School-Level IndicatorsPublicly...
View ArticleU S News global University Ranking 2014. 10-29
U S News global University Ranking 2014These institutions from the U.S. and nearly 50 other countries have been ranked based on 10 indicators that measure their academic research performance and their...
View ArticleMBA Double-Degrees On The Upswing 10-29
MBA Double-Degrees On The UpswingGraduate School of Business Knight Management CenterIt’s not as if a full-time MBA from an elite business school has lost its value. The highly sought after degree...
View ArticleExtending Credit to Burma’s Rural Poor 10-31
Extending Credit to Burma’s Rural PoorLocal social enterprise Proximity Designs explores how to take better loan options to the furthest reaches of Burma27 Years of economic sanctions have laid...
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