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Seven causes of business failure
in Sox First, on September 3, 2009
There is no such thing as a new business mistake, just the same ones repackaged. Business failure always seems to follow the same path. Analyze each disaster and you will find similar mistakes are made every time. Blame it on human nature. Now a new book In Billion-Dollar Lessons: What You Ca...
US and China: the drug dealer-addict relationship
in Sox First, on May 20, 2009
...drivers of this troubled relationship is the US addiction to debt. As this piece from the Knowledge@Emory series, Attached At The Wallet points out, the big worry for the Chinese is that a soaring U...
Picasso, Van Gogh and networking
in Sox First, on January 8, 2009
Why did Pablo Picasso end up earning more than Vincent Van Gogh ? Picasso left an estate valued at $750 million, Van Gogh died a pauper. According to Professor Gregory Berns , it was all because Picasso knew how to network, and Van Gogh didn't. Van Gogh was a loner, his only connection ...
What's ahead for US financial institutions?
in Sox First, on January 7, 2009
...value of their equities. The one certain bet is that we are in for more regulation. Academics from Emory University's Goizueta Business School have forecast the Obama administration will revisi...
Vitamin D is Linked To Parkinson's Disease
in Straightfromthedoc, on October 15, 2008
... Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , paul kline
The intriguing results of a study from Emory University School of Medicine suggested that Parkinson's disease patients are more likely to be V...
Investor crystal ball gazing
in Sox First, on May 15, 2008
...g whether investors can see that far ahead. How do investors read trends and make the right calls? Emory University academics ask the question: " Can investors and employees foresee their compan...
European Union Wants to End U.S. Ban On Internet Gambling
in The Gambling Weblog, on March 18, 2008
...e situation and how it affects world interest in betting on tennis .
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Policing virtual crime
in Sox First, on September 26, 2007
...es as vehicles for more "personal" forms of theft." Andrea Vanina Arias from Emory University Law School says that despite the daily occurrence of theft within Massively-Multipl...
IT security and brand trust
in Sox First, on August 9, 2007
... can do enormous damage to a company's brand, according to a study by Goizueta Business School Emory Marketing Institute. According to the study, companies experiencing a data breach can lose a...
More trust in business than government
in Sox First, on July 18, 2007
For business, first the good news. People trust business more than government, according to the latest Edelman Trust barometer . The global figures show that trust in business is on the up and trust in government is declining. Business is the most trusted institution in seven of the 18 countri...
Your New Outdoor Weblog Blogger!
in The Outdoor Weblog, on April 17, 2007
...wering travel related questions. I also teach ' How to Travel the World on Your Budget' at Emory University and online.
If you have any questions or would like to see a topic covered, please...
NIAID Identified Centers of Excellence in Influenza Research
in Straightfromthedoc, on April 5, 2007
...Excellence are: University of California at Los Angeles , University of Minnesota, Minneapolis , Emory University, Atlanta , Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York and the University of Roches...
Subprime tremors: is this the tipping point?
in Sox First, on March 16, 2007
...d up with is just volatility, not a correction. Watch this space. The problem, as this piece from Emory University in Atlanta points out, is that there are just too many imponderables. No-one knows...
Flu stop with textiles only
in The Techwear Weblog, on February 12, 2007
...market. The collaboration by researchers at North Carolina State University College of Textiles and Emory University School of Medicine found a new method to stop a flu with light. That technology is ...
Business and morality
in Sox First, on February 6, 2007
...lity? Better treatment of employees? These are some of the questions in a paper from the Knowledge@Emory series titled Defining and Understanding the Need for a Moral Approach in Business. Interes...
Sounding Off on Surround Sound
in The Digital TV Weblog, on January 3, 2007
... experience free of lip-sync problems and other issues.
"The issue is consistency," says Emory Strilkauskas, ESPN manager, transmission contribution. "There are tremendous issues with ...
United Airlines Flight 93, conversations and whistleblowers
in Sox First, on November 16, 2006
...fferent if people could have conversations without fear. Now, we have a fascinating study out of Emory University which shows how important those conversations are. That study, conducted by profes...
Diabetes Eclipses Obesity As Health Risk
in Daily Diabetic, on September 29, 2006
...diabetics, said David Mannino, M.D., of the University of Kentucky here, and colleagues here and at Emory in Atlanta. Within three years, 5.4% of those with diabetes died, compared with 1.6% of those ...
In Search of a Better Anthrax Vaccine: Researchers Found Potential in VaxGen, Inc.'s Candidate Vaccine (rPA102)
in Straightfromthedoc, on August 16, 2006
... by Gorse of Saint Louis University in collaboration with colleagues at Baylor College of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University and VaxGen, Inc., the maker of the vac...
Emory Research Identifies Neurodegeneration Cause in Huntington's Disease
in Straightfromthedoc, on June 9, 2006
...go, is a condition that usually inhibits speech, movement, reasoning Huntington's disease and memory. This hereditary disorder is estimated to affect one out of 10,000 people. While current pharm...
Biomimicry: applying nature's lessons to nanotechnology
in Nanotechbuzz, on May 16, 2006
...Biologically Inspired Design and Engineering (CBID) at Georgia Tech, is studying how sensory- and memory-related genes are expressed and regulated in tiny micro-sized worms by observing the worms'...
Molecular Beacons: Molecular Imaging For Detecting Human Respiratory Virus In Vivo
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 20, 2006
... engineer in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of biomedical engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University.
"Our molecular beacons attach to the virus and glow inside infected cells ...
Beancounters and civilisation
in Sox First, on December 20, 2005
... "It wasn't to write plays, it was to keep records." In a piece from the Knowledge @Emory series , the researchers explain that in every early known civilization, transactional records...
Diabetics should know their A1c
in Straightfromthedoc, on August 8, 2005
...ation and reinforcement at each patient visit," said Dr. Rhee of the department of medicine at Emory University, Atlanta.
"However, patients who recognize the term A1c and know the goal hav...
firing is more important than hiring
in TJ's Weblog, on January 4, 2005
I certainly agree with this post from Rob at Businesspundit if applied to larger organizations:
" Here is an interesting article about how to analyze projects to determine the right time to kill them off.
For
most managers, it's easier to assign resources than to terminate a
project, ...
Are there other options
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 7, 2004
...t reduction in the cost of operating expenses is very attractive.
Strategic Management @ Emory is proposing that leaders consider alternatives to the offshoring pressure. For instance:
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