Recent Articles
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Cross-cultural approach to small business marketing
Clarice Brough MarketingThe demographic landscape is changing in the United States, and so too in the world of retail. Traditional marketing evolved over decades to engage a number of diverse nationalities. But the number of nationalities comprising Latinos, Asians and other minorities, as well as multiracial Americans is growing and expanding.
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Cross-cultural approach to market your pet business
Clarice Brough Pet CareThe demographic landscape is changing in the United States, and so too in the world of pet retail. Traditional marketing evolved over decades to engage a number of diverse nationalities. But the number of nationalities comprising Latinos, Asians and other minorities, as well as multiracial Americans is growing and expanding.
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Can solar energy compete with fossil fuels?
Stefanie Heerwig Natural ResourcesAccording to the Edison Electric Institute, such utility-sized solar plants will soon appear across the United States with 232 under construction, in testing or to be granted with permits. One question, however, remains: Can solar compete with fossil fuels in terms of price?
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Is your mobile workforce exposing you to unseen risks?
Paul Starkman Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementBring-your-own-device to work has fast become a popular trend. But it has become clear that BYOD also comes with many business risks that require further review, evaluation and action to reduce growing concerns with security, compliance and privacy issues.
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Balancing risk and reward for responders
Mark Huber Transportation Technology & AutomotiveIf you are at Heli-Expo Feb. 25-27 in Anaheim, Calif., check out Paul Ratté's safety presentation Feb. 26. Ratté is the resident safety guru — aka "director of aviation safety programs" — for aircraft insurer USAIG. He is also a helicopter pilot and the former commanding officer at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City.
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How can we address racial disparities in science and medicine?
Dr. Chloe Poston Healthcare AdministrationSTEM — the acronym used to describe science, technology, engineering and math — is used by policymakers, universities and private foundations to allocate funding to support the sciences. If we consider medicine to fall under "science" in the STEM categories, then why aren't the racial disparities in medical school enrollment and completion a part of the regular STEM discussion?
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Top wine trends for 2014
Bambi Majumdar Food & BeverageWine consumption and revenue figures have been on a steep rise for the last decade. Even the recession could not make much of a dent in the numbers, and the industry seems to have become even more robust than before.
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The View From Europe: Fridge doors debate heats up
Andrew Gaved ManufacturingThe so-called "doors on fridges debate" has been a constant and at times controversial discussion in the United Kingdom. In the last three or four years, it has often pitted supermarket refrigeration engineers against their retail merchandising colleagues.
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Landscaping RFP bid metrics
Kevin Smith Facilities & GroundsWhen issuing a request for proposal for a service trade like snow removal or landscaping, there is a tremendous amount of energy spent on the scope of work, as this becomes the benchmark for how pricing will be derived from your bidders.
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Medical identity theft a growing concern
Pamela Lewis Dolan Healthcare AdministrationFor the first time since The Identity Theft Resource Center started tracking data breaches in 2005, healthcare has topped the list of industries responsible for the largest percentage of data breaches. Of the 614 breaches the ITRC tracked across all sectors and industries last year, healthcare accounted for 43.6 percent.