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Does your organization suffer from ODID?

Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Organizational Dissociative Identity Disorder, or ODID, is an organization that seems to have multiple management personalities, where managers give inconsistent directives, contradict themselves, or fail to follow through.
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Redefining heroism

Tuesday, November 5, 2024
It was a December day in 1970 when 23-year old Army Sgt. Douglas Slotten stepped on a land mine while on reconnaissance patrol in South Vietnam. It changed his life, but never broke his spirit.
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Funding options for small business owners with poor credit

Monday, November 4, 2024
Tippie assistant professor of management and entrepreneurship Miranda Welbourne Eleazar talks about alternatives to credit for aspiring business owners.
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UI researcher investigates why lonely people tend to buy things they don’t need

Friday, November 1, 2024
A University of Iowa study finds people who are lonely may find themselves unable to resist the impulse to buy.
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Opinion polls have Harris and Trump locked in a tight race. ‘Gambling polls’ say otherwise

Thursday, October 31, 2024
The Iowa Electronic Markets is one of the earliest election-focused futures markets.
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US election bets surge, despite red flags and mixed record

Thursday, October 31, 2024
Election betting markets are getting widespread attention like they never have before, according to Tippie Professor Tom Gruca.
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Beaches and bees: How an unlikely encounter brought a Tippie MBA to Comoros

Wednesday, October 30, 2024
An Iowa MBA and a Mandela Washington Fellow teamed up to teach modern beekeeping and business strategies to aspiring producers in Africa.
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Employers are hiring Iowans now for holiday jobs, from retail to deliveries

Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Peggy Stover, who directs the UI’s Marketing Institute, says many retailers are looking to make immediate hires as we’re now less than a month from Thanksgiving.
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Working Iowa: Holiday hiring push ahead of shopping rush

Monday, October 28, 2024
Holiday hiring is alreay ramping up, says Tippie Marketing Institute Director Peggy Stover.
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Study shows when media attention gets hot, companies often cut back on lobbying

Wednesday, October 23, 2024
A Tippie resarcher dug into the subject of how companies adjust lobbying efforts when responding to negative news.