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Building and financing successful biotech startups

I agree with the point about the value of academic researchers. It is important when launching a start-up to choose the management team with the company's competitive advantages in mind. The usefulness of academic researchers cannot be overstated.

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Functions of business communication and modern-day challenges

Many people understand business communication as the means of passing on or receiving of information. However, communication is not the transmission of a message, nor it is the message itself (What is business communication?).

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Organizational psychology in recruitment: matching employee and employer preferences

The recruitment process begins long before the actual hiring of new employees within an organization. Specific forms of recruitment and the potential sources they target have an impact on the type of individuals who respond.

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Distinguishing leadership and management in organizations

There is a lot of confusion and debate around the topics of leadership and management. These two terms have often been interchanged and there is not much clarity in research with the management literature using varied definitions.

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Charles Murray's consequentialist ethics in Losing Ground

The United States' welfare system and general social policy has faded in importance somewhat over the past decade if the level of public debate and commentary on the subject is any measure; issues like health insurance and now pension plans and Social Security have eclipsed the issue of welfare as…

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Russian culture and school counseling intervention strategies

There are many myths and stereotypes about the Russian culture, as there are about every other culture and society.

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Generic genre classification and Bulgakov's satirical critique of Stalinist Russia

Taken individually, no single detail of Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita is overwhelmingly unique, but the combination of rarely-used features results in a very unique novel. The novel tells multiple stories in different perspectives and in different settings.

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Historical origins of conflict and instability in Afghanistan

The conflict in Afghanistan has fundamental and historical origins that have been eclipsed in importance and interest by the larger and more controversial war in Iraq. One of the most fundamental issues at hand in Afghanistan and a large reason why conflict is still so fierce there is that the U.S.

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Is telework productive? Measuring remote worker productivity

Teleworking - Is it Productive? Although the practice is almost 40 years old, teleworking has become increasingly commonplace in recent years as more and more organizations of all types have incorporated computer-based applications into their business model and recognized that many types of workers…

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Educational programs and recidivism reduction in correctional facilities

Crime rates have increased over the last few decades leading to increasing number of arrests and incarcerations. As per the Council of Europe study conducted in 2001 the U.S. stands out for the most number of prisoners per 100,000 population compared with many other nations.

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