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Animal Spirits by George Akerlof and Robert Shiller
in Sox First, on May 4, 2009
...the same way as Keynes "multiplier" for the impact of government stimulus packages. "Epidemics of confidence or epidemics of pessimism may arise mysteriously simply because there was a ...
The Subprime Solution - Robert Shiller
in Sox First, on December 1, 2008
...gate these problems to history just as modern medicine, applied widely, has left us forgetting that epidemics of yellow fever and diphtheria ever raged among us." There are a number of problems f...
Bootstrapping and the Law of the Few
in BootStrapMe, on May 31, 2008
... of this have to do with bootstrapping a product or service ? Gladwell writes:
Social epidemics work in exactly the same way. They are also driven by the efforts of a handful of exceptional people...
What is a high performance supply chain?
in Supplychainer, on March 9, 2008
...s smoothly and cost-efficiently. And they recover promptly from shocks such as natural disasters, epidemics, and computer viruses.
• adaptable : They evolve over time as economic progress, politi...
xTAG Respiratory Viral Panel, FDA-Cleared for Marketing
in Straightfromthedoc, on January 7, 2008
...ion.
Influenza A is the most severe form of influenza for humans, and has been the cause of major epidemics. The new panel is also the first test for human metapneumovirus (hMPV), newly identified i...
Back to the classics: What is a triple A supply chain?
in Supplychainer, on December 24, 2007
...hly and cost-efficiently. And they recover promptly from shocks such as natural disasters , epidemics, and computer viruses.
• Adaptable: They evolve over time as economic progress, politica...
Three personality types for the bootstrapping team
in BootStrapMe, on September 1, 2007
...o some extent from Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point about the way in which "social epidemics" occur are:
1. The maven -an individual who Goswami says sees the world through a l...
Immunotherapy Against Hay Fever Prevents Asthma in Children
in Allergies, on August 13, 2007
Although hay fever or pollen allergies can trigger asthma, not all patients who suffer from hay fever develop a chronic asthma. Likewise, not all asthma cases are due to allergies.
However, a follow-up study to The Preventive Allergy Treatment (PAT) study showed that specific immunothera...
SOX and bubbles
in Sox First, on July 4, 2007
...pressures to deregulate financial markets and dilute securities regulations. This is accompanied by epidemics of widespread securities fraud which are usually discovered once the bubble has collapsed....
More Proof That Technology Is Curing Disease
in Philoneist, on June 29, 2007
...existing technology. In this article the author talks about advances in medicine that will affect epidemics such as the bird flu. Scientists are now able to see how bird flu replicates in cells and ...
SEO Parasites Are Coming...
in The Search Engine Weblog, on June 26, 2007
...orph into stock touts and, um, "male performance" solutions;
We're also going to see epidemics of iPhone metatagging and copy-engineering by Search Engine Optimization sharpies. I am to...
Google aims to Knit Back the Web of Nature
in The Search Engine Weblog, on April 23, 2007
...kish world. And we must develop an early-disease-detection-and-response system, a sort of AWACs for epidemics. That requires networked technology plus a human network of cooperative efforts by scienti...
NIAID Identified Centers of Excellence in Influenza Research
in Straightfromthedoc, on April 5, 2007
...easonal influenza as well as outbreaks of animal influenza that might cause pandemics, or worldwide epidemics, in humans.
The establishment of the Centers of Excellence is an extension of the work al...
What are top supply chain opportunities in 2007?
in Supplychainer, on December 28, 2006
...ical and economic risk, physical supply chain risk (weather, natural disasters, security and health epidemics) is critical to good decision-making.
3. RFID: RFID is gaining ground in supply chain ...
How to Think Like Warren Buffett, Part 10
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on September 25, 2006
...gious diseases, fear and greed, will forever occur in the investment community. The timing of these epidemics will be unpredictable. And the market aberrations produced by
them will be equally unpred...
Mobiles for Managing Epidemics
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on January 18, 2006
Source: Guardian Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta and academics at the University of Illinois are working on applications that would allow carriers of GPS-equipped mobile handsets to receive warnings of potential disease outbreaks in their area, according to an artic...