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(Sergio Franco Casillas, Universidad de Guadalajara) Los datos se han convertido en una de las materias primas para el buen funcionamiento de las empresas. Por eso, una empresa que no tecnologizada, sin especialistas en tecnologías de información ni sistemas computacionales que permitan llevar a cabo los procesos de captura de datos de clientes, de producción, de personal o de insumos, está obligada a invertir en proyectos de inteligencia empresarial (business intelligence) con el fin de alcanzar la madurez del negocio.

(Enrique Baleriola Escudero, UOC - Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) Nadie duda de la importancia que tienen la colaboración y el trabajo en equipo en el ámbito profesional y laboral. Ya lo dice el popular proverbio africano: “Si quieres ir rápido, camina solo. Si quieres llegar lejos, camina acompañado”.

(Luis Garvía Vega, Universidad Pontificia Comillas) En Estados Unidos, el Congreso tiene la potestad de fijar la cantidad máxima que el Tesoro estadounidense puede tomar prestado mediante la emisión de deuda pública. Es lo que se conoce como techo de deuda. Actualmente, ese límite es de 31 400 millones de dólares, una cifra que se alcanzó el 19 de enero de 2023. Desde entonces, el Tesoro estadounidense ha recurrido a medidas extraordinarias para continuar cumpliendo sus compromisos financieros sin superar esa cifra.

Dennis Hirsch, The Ohio State University and Piers Norris Turner, The Ohio State University

The rush to deploy powerful new generative AI technologies, such as ChatGPT, has raised alarms about potential harm and misuse. The law’s glacial response to such threats has prompted demands that the companies developing these technologies implement AI “ethically.”

Samantha N. N. Cross, Iowa State University; Stephanie Dellande, Menlo College, and Sterling Bone, Utah State University

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

(Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University) The World Health Organization declared on May 5, 2023, that the COVID-19 pandemic is no longer a public health emergency. Although the virus is still causing hospitalizations and deaths, many travelers who were reluctant to go abroad because of the pandemic now feel freer to travel internationally again.

(Matthew Pittman, University of Tennessee) The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

(Shireen Kanji, Brunel University London) UK deputy prime minister Dominic Raab recently resigned following the publication of a report into workplace complaints about his conduct, including bullying allegations. But this element of his behaviour wasn’t the only concerning workplace problem highlighted by the report.

(Simon Chadwick, SKEMA Business School and Paul Widdop, Manchester Metropolitan University) For one of the oldest football clubs in the world, this has been a season to remember. Wrexham’s men’s team have won the National League title and promotion to League Two, the fourth tier of English football.

(Zachary Morris, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York))The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

(Andrew Urquhart, University of Reading and Hossein Jahanshahloo, Cardiff University) The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has been hit with a lawsuit by US regulator the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). This is not the first time a cryptocurrency exchange has been charged by a regulator. But this particular case involves a regulator that does not directly oversee cryptocurrencies. This indicates how regulators – particularly those in the US – hope to clamp down on the cryptocurrency industry.

(Benjamin Park, Sam Houston State University) During the first weekend of April 2023, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will hold its semiannual General Conference in Salt Lake City. Tens of thousands of members will attend in person, with millions watching from home.

(Joe Mazur, Purdue University)The U.S. Department of Justice has intervened to block a proposed deal that would see carrier JetBlue buy budget service Spirit Airlines.