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Lose All Your Weight, Fly for Free
Under a new pay-per-kilogram system, ghosts will be able to fly for nothing.
Can a Test Tell If You’re a Good Entrepreneur?
How psychometrics are helping loan officers weed out the bad risks from the good.
Rules That Improve the Business Environment?
As the Porter Hypothesis — that well-structured environmental regulations can help businesses — marks two decades, resistance to the concept remains strong.
Billion-Dollar Underdogs
New research shows that consumers identify with and choose brands they see as the underdog.
Empathy Conducive to Creativity
New research suggests creativity in the workplace is enhanced by concern for others’ needs, and a willingness to walk in their shoes.
The Wal-Mart Catechism
A new book on the discount chain’s down-home early days doesn’t tell us much about its status as the world’s largest — and most controversial — retailer.