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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 6, 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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Top Jewish Schools
in The Universities Weblog, on December 13, 2007
...student body is Jewish
SUNY College at Oneonta, NY, where 35.7% of the student body is Jewish
Emory University in Atlanta, GA, where 33.3% of the student body is Jewish
Pratt Institute in New...
Policing virtual crime
in Sox First, on September 25, 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...
NeuroLeadership? I Don't Think So
in Businesspundit, on July 19, 2007
...oup of people connecting the two fields. Business school professors at Arizona State University and Emory University are working with neuroscientists to use electroencephalograph (EEG) machines and fM...
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...
Second-Tier Colleges Becoming Far More Selective
in The Universities Weblog, on May 17, 2007
...might have readily won admission to Lehigh, Middlebury College, Colgate University, Pomona College, Emory University or New York University just a few years ago are now relegated to waiting lists, lef...
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 15, 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...
Links Of The Day - And Your Best Business Post Ever
in Businesspundit, on October 12, 2006
Monday's edition of the Carnival of the Capitalists is going to be special. Jay has asked that, in honor of three years, entrants submit their best business post ever. It should be a good carnival.
In other interesting links around the web...
Does too much choice scare consumers?
An ...
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 ...
Newsweek's "New Ivies"
in The Universities Weblog, on August 31, 2006
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Boston College , Bowdoin, Carnegie Mellon, Harvey Mudd and Pomona, Colby, Colgate, Davidson, Emory, Kenyon, Macalaster, Michigan, NYU, UNC, Notre Dame, Olin College of Engineering, Reed, RPI, R...
U.S. News Releases 2007 College Rankings
in The Universities Weblog, on August 17, 2006
...tmouth/UChicago
12. Cornell/Washington U.
14. Northwestern
15. Brown
16. Johns Hopkins
17. Rice
18. Emory/Vanderbilt
20. Notre Dame
National Liberal Arts Colleges
1. Williams
2. Amherst
3. Swarthm...
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...
Colleges Admitting Fewer from Wait Lists
in The Universities Weblog, on May 17, 2006
...om applicants and parents to competing schools -- went up at institutions ranging from Princeton to Emory University, which means they won't need to resort to the wait list. [....]
Though many fa...
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 ...
Studies on Republicans vs. Democrats: The Implications for Business Decision Making
in Businesspundit, on January 25, 2006
...ormally engaged during reasoning," said Drew Westen, director of clinical psychology at Emory University. "What we saw instead was a network of emotion circuits lighting up, including...
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...
Accounting Deserves More Respect
in Businesspundit, on December 16, 2005
Does accounting deserve more respect?
Historians have long suggested that there is a relationship between accounting advances and economic development. Economic historian Werner Sombart, for example, theorized back in the Thirties that the invention of double-entry bookkeeping wasn't ...
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...
Your Mother Was Right - Winners Never Cheat
in Businesspundit, on July 7, 2005
Winners Never Cheat. That is one of the things that people misunderstand about business. Too many people think you can only be successful in business by squashing others, cutting backroom pseudolegal deals and even flat out cheating people out of their money. Of course, those people are idiots. He...
Organizational Change
in Businesspundit, on March 10, 2005
Here is an interesting look at why organizational change is so difficult.
...the study tested whether teams working on a command and control simulation adapted to structural change in the manner implied by contingency theories. Classic structural contingency theory holds that the structure of an...
What is the Future of Competitive Advantage?
in Businesspundit, on February 16, 2005
...re competitive advantage research. Russ Coff, associate professor of organization and management at Emory University's Goizueta Business School, opened the final panel by referring to a survey the...
Why Do Good Companies Fail?
in Businesspundit, on February 14, 2005
Plenty of research has looked at what makes companies successful, but what makes good companies fail? Jadgish Sheth has done some research , and thinks he has an answer.
In my research, I identify the six externalities that bring about a change. They are regulation, capital markets, competition, ...
Kmart and Sears - What's the Strategy
in Businesspundit, on January 14, 2005
... Emory University has an interesting article about the merger of kmart and Sears.
The merger of Kmart and Sears---which was announced on November 17 and is expected to be completed in the ...
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, ...
The Sunk Cost Bias
in Businesspundit, on December 20, 2004
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, and the result is that unsuccessful projects often live longer than they should. How does this impact bus...
Carnival of the Capitalists - Anniversary Edition (pt 1)
in Businesspundit, on October 11, 2004
...suit.
Last week's host, Drakeview writes about women CEOs and stock price .
Peggy M. Lee, Emory University, Goizueta Business School and Erika Hayes James, University of Virginia, Darden Sch...
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:
...
Can Multi-Tasking Make You Less Productive?
in Businesspundit, on September 21, 2004
...at multitasking as you think you are.
Dr. John Sladky, a professor of pediatrics and neurology at Emory's School of Medicine and the chief of neurology at Emory Children's Center, notes that...
Why Accounting Has to Change
in Businesspundit, on August 12, 2004
...From Emory University comes this piece about the structure of accounting and how it leads to various problems in the field.
For decades investors, lenders and other professionals have relied on au...
The Advantage of Emotions
in Businesspundit, on June 17, 2004
In business school most of us were taught about economic man. He is totally rational, preferring the cheapest good in every case. He doesn't care about form or design, just functionality. Yet anyone who has spent time in the business world knows that consumer decisions are usually as much emotio...
Corporate Social Responsibility
in Businesspundit, on April 15, 2004
Here is a good piece on what some corporations are doing to be more socially responsible. This is one of those topics that I have a ton of ideas on but they never get posted. I tend to shy away from the longer *real* analysis that would require deep thought and maybe even some editing. But here is...
Breaking the Rules
in Businesspundit, on February 12, 2004
Thomas Stemberg, founder of Staples, doesn't think entrepreneurs should just follow their passion.
Thomas Stemberg, founder and executive chairman of Staples, an office products retail chain, doesn't buy one piece of advice that is often given to aspiring entrepreneurs: Follow your passi...
John Osher: An Entrepreneur Story
in Businesspundit, on January 14, 2004
Here is a story that warms the heart of businesspundits like myself. It is about a guy who has never applied for a real job - just invented things and sold off companies.
John Osher holds out his battery-powered toothbrush. It's encased in clear plastic as if it has just been pulled from the...
I Should Start Smoking
in Businesspundit, on November 12, 2003
...he brain. One recent study has found that one of nicotine's metabolites, cotinine, may improve memory and protect brain cells from diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Another new...
The Power of Storytelling
in Businesspundit, on October 28, 2003
Believe it or not, storytelling is a good skill for managers to acquire.
Storytelling can also bridge the great divide between the leadership of a company and its employees. H. James Dallas, CIO of Georgia-Pacific, once told a group of Georgia-Pacific employees the story of when he was much youn...