Even in the downturn, “green” consumers constitute a market worth winning. A research paper from the Boston Consulting Group shows that lack of awareness and information about green product offerings — not higher prices — are what can keep customers away.
Bcl-2 is an oncogenic protein that plays a central role in apoptosis. The association of Bcl-2 expression and prognosis in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is unclear, with some studies showing improved outcome whilst others show no survival advantage. We evaluated 178 surgically resected NSCLC specimens for Bcl-2 and p53 immunoexpression. Bcl-2 staining was present in 34.9% of cases (weakly staining 24.2%, strongly staining 10.7%), nuclear p53 in 43. 3% and cytoplasmic p53 in 10.7%. There was no association between p53 and survival. Bcl-2 immunoexpression correlated with improved outcome (p=0.04). A sub-group of strongly Bcl-2 staining cases had a poor survival compared to those that stained weakly (p=0.01). The strongly staining cases had a similar survival to negative cases. Immunointensity may therefore account for the disparity in results regarding the prognostic significance of Bcl-2 demonstrated in previous studies.
Informal decision networks � both within teams and throughout organizations � can systematically bias the way decisions are framed and carried out. Here�s how to build your networks right.
Managers who can identify and mini-mize both their personal and organi-zational biases are less likely to get blindsided. Catching and capturing distant threats and oppor-tunities means applying different search methods — and looking for overlapping results. Teasing out the implications of any finding requires fitting it into differ-ent frameworks.
In surveys, customers have long claimed that they'd pay more for ethically produced goods. But is that what happens when they actually buy things? New experiments offer answers.