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When measuring wellbeing, GDP is not the whole story
Do scandals hurt music sales – or do they fuel streams?
Study finds music scandals and boycott calls have little effect on listeners' behavior. But when streaming platforms intervene, the impact is significant.
Diabetes costs the global economy trillions
Klaus Prettner studies the global and national economic costs of diabetes.
Gifts in the workplace: What’s allowed, and what isn’t?
Jennifer Schwab on the dos and don’ts regarding gifts in the workplace under Austrian civil law.
What drives family firms’ internationalization?
New WU study shows how governance and culture shape the internationalization of family firms.
New study refutes traditional theories of executive risk-taking
NFL data and lab experiments show how psychosocial factors influence competitive decisions
Can universities keep up with AI?
Oliver Vettori and Johanna Warm explore the challenges and potential pathways for integrating AI skills into higher education.
The downsides of the opt-out solution for organ donations
Baris Pascal Güntürkün studies how different organ donation policies shape donor behavior.
When AI systems learn to understand
Marta Sabou has won a prestigious grant from the Vienna Science, Research and Technology Fund (WWTF) for research on AI knowledge graphs.
Mining in Brazil: An environmental burden, but no stable income for municipalities
WU researchers Sebastian Luckeneder and Victor Maus are investigating the economic effects and ecological consequences of mining in Brazil.
Women take on more “office housework” in companies
New study reveals: Voluntary extra tasks in organizations are unevenly distributed
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