> Return to the #88 Newsletter Factiva is an international news database produced by Dow Jones. It provides access to the latest business and industry news as well as to a vast business news archive, which is especially useful for researchers. This broad range of content provides both local insight and global perspective on business issues and current events – especially with regard to research requiring current information on companies, industries,…
#88 February 2021
How Long to Read
> Return to the #88 Newsletter Looking for a book to read and have limited time? How Long to Read is a book search engine that will help you to find out how long it will take you to read any book and provide reading time that is tailored to you. Gauge your reading speed with their words per minute test and use the search engine to find books that suit…
S&P CIQ Alerts
> Return to the #88 Newsletter Interested in keeping abreast of the most important company news and developments? Capital IQ (CIQ) allows you to receive notifications of company news, including Key Developments, Filings & Annual Reports, Activity Logs, Events Calendar, Transcripts, Investment Research and Stock Price Moves. To create a company alert: 1. Sign in CIQ and hover over “My Capital IQ” tab, go to the “Alerts” section, and click on…
The New Ideal Worker
> Return to the #88 Newsletter Going beyond the classic notion of the “ideal worker” and rethinking what companies actually need from their employees is the focus of the book edited by IESE professors Mireia Las Heras and Nuria Chinchilla, The New Ideal Worker: Organizations Between Work-Life Balance, Gender and Leadership. Many managers and organizations still assume that employees who devote long hours to their jobs with no family interference are…
The Future of Work Is Here
> Return to the #88 Newsletter The outbreak of Covid-19 has forced organizations to change the way they work and interact. It has unleashed changes in how and where we work – changes that would probably have happened anyway, just on a longer time line. It has transformed not only the organization of workplaces and workforces but also the very foundations of the employee-employer relationship. Technological advances and changes in economies…