Past research has provided evidence that teams who are able to gain the benefits of the task conflict but avoid the pitfalls of relationship conflict should perform better than they would if they let relationship conflict occur. The problem is that task conflict has a tendency to trigger...

World Bank Group President David Malpass explained the World Bank Group's work to take broad swift action to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. He spoke about finalizing an additional package that will focus on the broader economic consequences. He was concerned about the poor and densely...

In virtual worlds, where 20 million people spend $200 million each year, rules of life are governed by contract, and three-party transactions are ubiquitous; every exchange of virtual cash, property, sound, pictures, and even conversation introduces a third party into the contractual...

First-sale doctrine has been recognized by the United States Supreme Court since 1908. This doctrine protects consumers' rights to resell purchased products. In recent years, consumers have begun to purchase an increasing amount of virtual goods, which renders the first-sale doctrine unclear....

The effective management of virtual projects within global organizations is an inherently collaborative activity as well as an increasingly critical issue. Being able to apply effective patterns of project management in such contexts has the potential to make a real difference in both theory and...