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“Thirty percent of consumers globally have experienced card fraud in the past five years, according to new global benchmark data from ACI Worldwide and Aite Group. The global fraud study of more than 6,000 consumers across 20 countries revealed that, compared to ACI’s 2014 benchmark study, card fraud rates—unauthorized activity on three types of payment …
“On 22 March, Jayne-Anne Gadhia, CEO of Virgin Money, published her review into the representation of women in senior managerial positions in financial services. On 11 July HM Treasury announced that 72 firms have signed the Women in Finance Charter. These firms have committed to implement four key industry actions, as recommended in Jayne-Anne Gadhia’s …
“If current laws governing taxes and spending did not change, the United States would face steadily increasing federal budget deficits and debt over the next 30 years, according to projections by CBO. Federal debt held by the public, which was equal to 39 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) at the end of fiscal year …
“Finland, Switzerland, Sweden, Israel, Singapore, the Netherlands and the United States are leading the world when it comes to generating economic impact from investments in information and communications technologies (ICT), according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Information Technology Report 2016. On average, this group of high-achieving economies at the pinnacle of the report’s Networked …
July 11, 2016 – Europeans Fear Wave of Refugees Will Mean More Terrorism, Fewer Jobs – Sharp ideological divides across EU on views about minorities, diversity and national identity by Richard Wike, Bruce Stokes and Katie Simmons “The recent surge of refugees into Europe has featured prominently in the anti-immigrant rhetoric of right-wing parties across …
How scholars, companies and workers are using Mechanical Turk, a ‘gig economy’ platform, for tasks computers can’t handle “Digital age platforms are providing researchers the ability to outsource portions of their work – not just to increasingly intelligent machines, but also to a relatively low-cost online labor force comprised of humans. These so-called “online outsourcing” …
By Annette Pasotti, Senior Communications and Impact Officer, via Kris Kasianovitz, Government Information Librarian: “Dr Kathryn Simpson, UK Data Service Research Associate, has been much sought after during the UK’s EU Referendum campaign for her expertise in comparative European politics, political behaviour and public opinion. Kathryn provided extensive media coverage leading up to the vote, …
“Around 18 000 people die each day as a result of air pollution. In fact, the number of deaths attributed to air pollution each year–6.5 million deaths–is, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), much greater than the number from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and road injuries combined. Air pollution also brings major costs to the economy …
“The Human Capital Index seeks to serve as a tool for capturing the complexity of education, employment and workforce dynamics so that various stakeholders are able to make better-informed decisions. Last year’s edition of the World Economic Forum’s Human Capital Reportexplored the factors contributing to the development of an educated, productive and healthy workforce. This …
Neoliberalism: Oversold? Finance & Development, June 2016, Vol. 53, No. 2 Jonathan D. Ostry, Prakash Loungani, and Davide Furceri “Instead of delivering growth, some neoliberal policies have increased inequality, in turn jeopardizing durable expansion. Milton Friedman in 1982 hailed Chile as an “economic miracle.” Nearly a decade earlier, Chile had turned to policies that have …
“Finland, Switzerland, Sweden, Israel, Singapore, the Netherlands and the United States are leading the world when it comes to generating economic impact from investments in information and communications technologies (ICT), according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Information Technology Report 2016. On average, this group of high-achieving economies at the pinnacle of the report’s Networked …
The vendor, Taylor & Francis Online, is currently offering free access to this article: Analysis of Print Purchase on Demand Titles Ordered via Interlibrary Loan: A Collection Development Perspective – Collection Management, Volume 41, Issue 2, 2016 DOI: 10.1080/01462679.2016.1174653 Carol Kochan & Jennifer Duncan pages 51-65. “This article examines data from five years of titles …
