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LSE Blogs @LSEblogs Jan 28

After decades of conflict and terrorism in Nigeria, the US has launched airstrikes in the country.

But without a first grasp of the roots of the conflict and the regional politics, the intervention will do more harm than good – Hakeem Onapajo @AfricaAtLSE
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blogs.lse.ac.uk US military strikes in Nigeria may escalate the security crisis in the Sahel - Africa at LSE After decades of conflict and terrorism in Nigeria, the US has launched airstrikes in the country. But without a first grasp of the roots of the conflict and the regional politics, the intervention...

LSE Blogs @LSEblogs Jan 28

Why write a literature review if AI can do it for you?

@gorgikrlev @ESCP_bs Timothy Hannigan @Telfer_uOttawa & @andre_spicer @BayesBSchool write on @LSEImpactBlog about the opportunity AI presents to improve literature reviews across all fields of science blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocial…

blogs.lse.ac.uk Why write a literature review if AI can do it for you? - LSE Impact The potential for AI tool to assess and organise research literature presents an opportunity to rethink why they are undertaken in the first place.

LSE Blogs @LSEblogs Jan 27

What if the prevailing wisdom on what makes a successful and durable business is entirely wrong?

The Corporation in the 21st Century by @ProfJohnKay @ProfileBooks (UK) @yalepress (US) reviewed by Hans Despain @UMassAmherst on @LSEReviewBooks

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blogs.lse.ac.uk Maximising shareholder profits isn’t good business in the long term - LSE Review of Books John Kay's The Corporation in the 21st Century critiques the dominant tendency in business to prioritise short-term shareholder-value over long-term performance

LSE Blogs @LSEblogs Jan 27

Social media age bans are a only half-measure.

Only by banning toxic business models that exploit social attention can we address the problems with social media – Nick Couldry @MediaLSE for @LSEEuroppblog.

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blogs.lse.ac.uk Social media age bans will fail because they are not radical enough - LSE European Politics Social media age bans are half-measures. To fix social media, we must ban the exploitative business models that profit from our attention.

LSE Blogs @LSEblogs Jan 26

New analysis by @aniketbaksy @dan_chandler, and @econsomniac shows that rather than taking jobs away, automation in British factories is linked to higher employment @digitcentre @CEP_LSE @STICERD_LSE @LSEforBusiness

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blogs.lse.ac.uk Automation is not hollowing out British factory jobs - LSE Business Review Fears that new technology will wipe out jobs are as old as the factory floor. But automation in British factories is linked to higher employment.