WorldatWork's "2022-23 Salary Budget Survey" revealed that salary increase budgets reached their highest level in 20 years. Salary increase budgets in the United States rose to an average of 4.1% in 2022 with a 3.8% median and are projected to be at a 4.1% average in 2023.

Now in its 49th year, WorldatWork's Salary Budget Survey is the longest-running survey of its kind and offe...

The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® increased in August, following three consecutive monthly declines. The Index now stands at 103.2 (1985=100), up from 95.3 in July. The Present Situation Index—based on consumers' assessment of current business and labor market conditions—improved to 145.4 from 139.7 last month. The Expectations Index—based on consumers' short-term outloo...

Small, emerging businesses benefit most from new opportunities when having a bossless structure, new research from ESSEC Business School suggests.

When comparing which size of business the bossless model was most effective, rather than the traditional corporate hierarchy, Maciej Workiewicz, an Associate Professor of Management at ESSEC, argues that small start-ups benefit most from allowing their...

Feeling vulnerable is often associated with weakness, but in some cases it can become a source of strength, reveals new research from Linköping University and Aalto University School of Business.

Alice Wickström, from the Department of Management Studies at Aalto University School of Business, co-authored a study into diversity management practices together with Janet Johansson, Associa...

As material costs increase and supply chain challenges continue to delay production, manufacturers' optimism has declined, according to a new industry report. The latest Sikich Industry Pulse: Manufacturing and Distribution found that 58% of manufacturers rated their optimism about business prospects over the next six months at a seven or higher on a scale of one to 10. At the same time last y...

As businesses continue to evolve their workplaces to best meet the needs of their employees, JLL's global Future of Work Survey finds that 72% of decision makers believe the office is critical to doing business. The research shows that over the next several years companies anticipate hybrid work to become the dominant model and will be looking across their real estate portfolios to re-think th...

Firms that are based in a city with high levels of air pollution have much lower efficiency when it comes to corporate investments, according to new research from Durham University Business School.

Guanming He, Professor in Accounting at Durham University Business School, alongside Tiantian Lin, from Beijing Jiaotong University, found that air pollution adversely impacts managers’ mood, judgement...

The rising use of cryptocurrency will drive the growth of the market. Cryptocurrency is a peer-to-peer digital payment system that doesn't rely on banks to verify transactions. Cryptocurrencies run on a distributed public ledger called a blockchain, a record of all transactions updated and held by currency holders. Units of cryptocurrency are created through a process called mining, which invo...

The high starting cost of investment, and political and market uncertainties halt the transition to a circular economy, according to new research from Frankfurt School of Finance and Management.

The researchers show how financial instruments can help overcome major challenges hindering the transition, and how development cooperation could contribute to closing the financing gap for the circular e...