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As breaches grab headlines, many companies see data as a liability. But investors value businesses that have a clear strategy to manage data.

Brunswick's third online survey of nearly 500 institutional investors and sell-side analysts in North America, Europe and Asia is released today. A key finding is that the global investment community continues to look to companies as their primary source of information, but that investor and analyst interaction with digital and social media has increased substantially. This deeper online engagement is increasingly driving investment action, with Asian investors most likely to use digital… Show more

Brunswick's third online survey of nearly 500 institutional investors and sell-side analysts in North America, Europe and Asia is released today. A key finding is that the global investment community continues to look to companies as their primary source of information, but that investor and analyst interaction with digital and social media has increased substantially. This deeper online engagement is increasingly driving investment action, with Asian investors most likely to use digital channels, and make investment decisions accordingly. Show less

Brunswick Group's survey of more than 200 U.S.-based investment professionals shows that investors rank the luxury sector as more exposed to overall reputational risk from overseas manufacturing than six other sectors. Moreover, a majority of investors place as much emphasis on reputational risk as they place on cost when making luxury sector investment decisions.

A brief overview of insights on American Millennials and practical advice on creating a market research online community (MROC) for a demographic cohort

Humans use memory awareness to determine whether relevant knowledge is available before acting, as when we determine whether we know a phone number before dialing. Such metacognition, or thinking about thinking, can improve selection of appropriate behavior. We investigated whether rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) are capable of a simple form of metacognitive access to the contents of short-term memory. Monkeys chose among four opaque tubes, one of which concealed food. The tube containing the… Show more

Humans use memory awareness to determine whether relevant knowledge is available before acting, as when we determine whether we know a phone number before dialing. Such metacognition, or thinking about thinking, can improve selection of appropriate behavior. We investigated whether rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) are capable of a simple form of metacognitive access to the contents of short-term memory. Monkeys chose among four opaque tubes, one of which concealed food. The tube containing the reward varied randomly from trial to trial. On half the trials the monkeys observed the experimenter baiting the tube, whereas on the remaining trials their view of the baiting was blocked. On each trial, monkeys were allowed a single chance to select the tube containing the reward. During the choice period the monkeys had the opportunity to look down the length of each tube, to determine if it contained food. When they knew the location of the reward, most monkeys chose without looking. In contrast, when ignorant, monkeys often made the effort required to look, thereby learning the location of the reward before choosing. Looking improved accuracy on trials on which monkeys had not observed the baiting. The difference in looking behavior between trials on which the monkeys knew, and trials on which they were ignorant, suggests that rhesus monkeys discriminate between knowing and not knowing. This result extends similar observations made of children and apes to a species of Old World monkey, suggesting that the underlying cognitive capacities may be widely distributed among primates. Show less