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Genetic Study of ‘Co-Evolution’ Could Provide Clues to Better Food Production

Evolutionary ‘arms race’ between caterpillars and cabbage plants helped form present-day butterfly and plant species

COLUMBIA, Mo. – In 1964, renowned biologists Peter Raven and Paul Erhlich published a landmark study that introduced the concept of co-evolution. Using butterflies and plants as primary examples, the team determined that two species can reciprocally drive each other’s evolution and development. Now, an international team of researchers led by the University of Missouri and Stockholm University has used cutting-edge genomics to analyze the co-evolution theory and identified the mechanisms responsible for this phenomenon. Scientists believe that understanding how co-evolution works could help provide genetic clues for producing heartier plants and food for a growing global population. (more…)

UK’s Most Confident and Successful Corporate Managers Live Abroad During Their Formative Years, New Research Reveals

By Guest PostFebruary 14, 2013Economyacquisitions, business activities, business school, confidence, corporate managers, cultural miscommunication, culturally remote countries, culture, different cultures, difficult, dorota piaskowska, foreign markets, formative years, global population, grzegorz trojanowski, international experience, local involvement, markets, risky behavior, risky decisions, uk, uk citizens, uk company, university college dublin, university of exeter

Corporate managers widely exposed to more than one culture during their formative years (up until 23 years of age) are more likely to be confident taking difficult and risky decisions, such as acquisitions, new research from the University of Exeter Business School reveals.

The study looked at over 2,000 acquisition decisions taken by board members at 561 UK listed companies, and found that managers who live or study in cultures other than their own more readily take difficult strategic decisions such as deciding to acquire foreign companies.

Co-author, Grzegorz Trojanowski, Associate Professor in Finance at the University of Exeter Business School says corporate managers with wide exposure to different cultures tend to see doing business in foreign countries as providing great opportunities, and they expect to get a positive result from their business activities in these markets. (more…)

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Genetic Study of ‘Co-Evolution’ Could Provide Clues to Better Food Production

UK’s Most Confident and Successful Corporate Managers Live Abroad During Their Formative Years, New Research Reveals