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Here’s How to Invest Wisely the Next Time

By Terrance Palmer posted 11 days ago
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One of the many online investment options is cryptocurrency but like in any other investment, it has its list of good and bad sides. Many investors rush into the cryptocurrency market without searching out first to know the wisest way to venture into the market.  As a result, they lose their hard-earned money the first time they try their luck in cryptocurrencies. You can escape becoming a statistic of those who lost money in cryptocurrency by investing wisely. Even if you lost before, you can venture again and invest better. Not every platform is good To date, the cryptocurrency market is not regulated in many countries, and new trading platforms ...
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TIM-troduction: Sina Khoshsokhan

By Llewellyn Thomas posted 16 days ago
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Let us introduce Sina of Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder, which is in, let us guess... ...Colorado! Sina, you recently were runner up for an award at the 2021 Annual Meeting - congratulations! So… What are your research interests right now? My research interests revolve around intellectual property rights and how they shape innovation. I am particularly interested in the role of IP in the division of innovative labor and how different characteristics of resources, firms, and industries mediate this relationship. In my dissertation, for example, I explored the role of upstream IP rights on various forms of downstream innovation ...
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Research Highlights: When equity crowdfunding becomes more than a last resort for entrepreneurs

By Wei-Jun Hsueh posted 18 days ago
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When equity crowdfunding becomes more than a last resort for entrepreneurs By @Tobias Pret and @Aviel Cogan   Raising capital is a challenging process for most entrepreneurs, leading some to pursue equity crowdfunding. While it has been regarded as a last resort in prior literature, recent research shows that some highly capable entrepreneurs prefer to seek equity crowdfunding, even when more established options, such as angel investments or venture capital, are available to them. Prior studies that explore equity crowdfunding have predominantly focused on the decision-making of potential investors, rather than the role of the entrepreneur, in initiating ...
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Costa Rica or Belize – Which One is Better?

By Terrance Palmer posted 20 days ago
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When you think of buying investment property in either Costa Rica or Belize, how do you know which one is better? After all, both countries have warm, tropical climates and both offer affordable real estate.  Both countries are part of Central America. Costa Rica has strong relations with the USA and Belize still maintains strong ties with the UK so one has to wonder where to invest in real estate between the two.    Costa Rica’s team of excellent real estate agents   Buying property in Costa Rica is a wise move but to move to Costa Rica will require you to meet immigration requirements. It’s a wonderfully safe Latin American country so ...
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Upgrading Your Employees’ Data Skillset for Business Success

By Terrance Palmer posted 20 days ago
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As employees continue to adapt to remote work, many of them realize they need to upgrade their skills, especially their data skills. Business owners need to keep this desire for skills alive as there are many benefits to having more skilled employees. As a business owner, you need to offer employees the resources and advice they need to make them more productive and effective. Make an overall plan Upskilling your employees won’t work that well if you don’t have an organization-wide plan in place. For a start, you need to find out what data skills employees already have and what crucial ones they lack. You need to identify employees who are capable of ...
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TIM-troduction: Colleen Cunningham

By Llewellyn Thomas posted 12-07-2021
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Let us introduce Colleen Cunningham of London Business School, which is, unsurprisingly, in London, UK! Colleen, you recently joined the TIM Executive Committee as an At-Large member - thank you for your service! So… What are your research interests right now? My current research interests relate to frictions in the commercialization of innovation. My interest in this began with a question I had while working on research pre-PhD: “why do we get so little out of all the research money we spend in terms of new stuff?” Of course, this is very broad! Right now, there are a few areas that I’m particularly interested in. First, I’m interested in understanding ...
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Ways You Can Convince Your Remote Workers to Join Back Office

By Terrance Palmer posted 12-06-2021
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Businesses are attempting a return to pre-pandemic operating conditions, including having everyone return to the office. However, they are facing resistance from employees who prefer working remotely. Some have even threatened to resign if their employers do not allow them to work from home. In the face of this resistance and downright refusal to return to the office, employers are rethinking their strategy to achieve this goal. Here are ways you can convince your remote workers to come back to the office. Safety Many workers have found great comfort in working from home. It gave them a sense of safety being away from the risk of a Covid infection. ...
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Using Data Analytics to Boost Your Sales

By Terrance Palmer posted 11-29-2021
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Data analytics is used extensively to boost sales as it helps gather real-time data about the customer's needs and create products catering to them specifically. Data analytics is a broad term applied in numerous ways to improve business by using it to get answers for any questions regarding customers, market trends, and business performance.  Customer-centric approach  Data analytics is used mainly to gather information about the customer, their likes, dislikes and to define a customer persona for the product. It helps to find out the right target audience and synchronize all marketing and promotional activities towards them. The customer-centric approach ...
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the studENT - A paradigm shift in our field: Platform-dependent entrepreneurship

By Wei-Jun Hsueh posted 11-16-2021
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A paradigm shift in our field: Platform-dependent entrepreneurship (posted on behalf of @Andrew Nixon , 2021 PhD Representative) The following is an excerpt of my interview with Dr. @Donato Cutolo and Dr. @Martin Kenney . Donato is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Management at the University of Bologna and Martin is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Human Ecology at the University of California, Davis. I have been fascinated with their recent work exploring how technology platforms influence entrepreneurship and shape competition. Considering the outpouring of attention from the business press and government agencies ...
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TIM-troduction: Jang Woo Kim

By Llewellyn Thomas posted 11-15-2021
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Let us introduce Jang Woo Kim of Bocconi, which is in the bellisima cita of Milano, Italia. Jang Woo, you recently won were runner up for an award at the 2021 Annual Meeting - congratulations! So… What are your research interests right now? By far, most of my research are about human capital, and is founded on the tradition of the human capital literature. While I often use U.S. patent data to examine my questions, I have a broad spectrum of research interests. I like to connect different theories and datasets to those in my own domain. I have used stakeholder theory, economic geography, corporate strategy, and other literatures.  During my PhD, I was ...
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Research Highlights: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to help with Literature Reviews

By Wei-Jun Hsueh posted 11-06-2021
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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to help with Literature Reviews posted on behalf of @Aviel Cogan and @Tobias Pret   Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are hot topics. Entrepreneurs, politicians, and scholars alike draw on these concepts to envision future opportunities that can be made possible through technological advances. At the same time, they also incite fear in those whose jobs may ultimately be automated because of such changes. As educators and researchers, we may believe that our positions are largely shielded from such developments (despite recent advances in neural interface technology which could, one day, ...
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Ways Follow Me Printing Benefits Your Business

By Terrance Palmer posted 10-28-2021
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Using a printer is easy and the most common task carried out in offices and educational institutions. Many are not aware of the severe security risks and how easy it is for hackers to retrieve data from printers. The printer technology did not advance much after adapting color for decades until the recent security issues popped up.  Heightened security  Follow Me printing is a technology that does not add your data to a standard queue. There is no more printing randomly through an assigned printer. The person who pressed Ctrl+P must go to the printer, put in a password, or swipe their identity card to get the required number of printouts. The workers ...
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TIM Web Coordinator Required

By Llewellyn Thomas posted 10-26-2021
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The TIM Division needs a new enthusiastic, creative and motivated web guru to run all TIM's website activities. The role involves managing the TIM website to increase the transparency of TIM Division operations, including ensuring that all TIM related content is up to date and other initiatives (such as TIM-troductions) are maintained. A key outstanding task is to improve the overall site design since its move the the new AOM managed platform ("Higher Logic"). The holder will also provide advice to the TIM Executive Committee and represent the Division on technology related issues. They will also have a central role in designing and executing TIM's communication ...
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TIM-troduction: Maria Roche

By Llewellyn Thomas posted 10-26-2021
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As part of our profiles of TIM people, let us introduce Maria Roche of Harvard Business School, which is in Boston, Massachusetts. Maria, you recently won the TIM Best Dissertation Award, congratulations! So… What are your research interests right now? My research focuses on the production and diffusion of knowledge, which I examine in various contexts including cities, co-working spaces, universities, and open-source platforms. Currently, I am digging into both contemporary and more historic data. The first set of projects examines the importance of external knowledge for building a technology pipeline that attracts funding. The second set aims to improve ...
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TIM-troduction: Eunhee Sohn

By Llewellyn Thomas posted 10-03-2021
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Let us introduce Eunhee Sohn of Georgia Tech, which is in Atlanta, Georgia. Eunhee, you recently joined the TIM Executive Committee as an At-Large member - thanks for your service! So… What are your research interests right now? Through my work, I investigate the organizational processes and individual incentives of economic actors that build new technological industries and scientific fields. In some sense, my research interest is in understanding the emergence of other economic actors' research interest - "How do companies and individuals choose their area of research/innovation?" "When and why do companies and individuals become influenced by their local ...
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Why Companies Need Digital Solutions for Better Health Savings

By Terrance Palmer posted 09-28-2021
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Recent technological developments have ushered in innovations for the healthcare industry. Digital health solutions, in particular, allow medical facilities to offer better healthcare. This includes providing enhanced medical products and services for patients. They also help in diagnosing and treating diseases as well as reduce minor errors. From a business standpoint, going digital has also brought increased revenues. It has improved profitability for those in the healthcare industry.  If your company hasn’t invested in digital health solutions yet, here are reasons why you should: Centralized Information for Better Access, Storage, and Management ...
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