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Keep your enemies close? Study finds greater proximity to opponents leads to more polarization Posted: 02 Feb 2015 07:54 AM PST Encouraging adversaries to have more interpersonal contact to find common ground may work on occasion, but not necessarily in the U.S. Senate, according to new research.

Finding valuable materials in metallurgical dumps Posted: 02 Feb 2015 05:07 AM PST Since metallic raw materials are scarce in Germany, it is reliant on imports. Yet some of these valuable materials are lying around unnoticed in dumps. Researchers are now compiling a Germany-wide registry of these resources, which reveals where these deposits are located and what metals they contain.

Interconnected IT for business models in rural areas Posted: 02 Feb 2015 05:07 AM PST More and more people are moving from rural areas to cities, leaving behind crumbling infrastructures that make daily life difficult for those who stay. Some people are bucking this trend. Researchers are now planning to create new business models in rural areas with the help of interconnected IT.

Amazon.com benefits from collaboration between competing firms Posted: 02 Feb 2015 05:06 AM PST Online-selling pioneer Amazon.com has utilized three individual business models, by means of which it engages in productive cooperation with its competitors. By harnessing its competitors within its own business operations and by looking strategically at customer value, Amazon.com has managed to raise the size of its current markets and to create entirely new markets both for itself and for its competitors. Through its competitor cooperation-driven business model, Amazon.com utilizes the existent resources most effectively, because it involves competitors in distributing the expenses incurred by business operations.