Costs And Consequences - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Oct 2019
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Clubs Convene to Focus on Health Care

public health care, skyrocketing costs of prescription medications, and how AI-assisted personal medicine is coming in the future.” Ahmed says the Cleveland Clinic Canada (CCC) represents one of the growing... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Health, Social Assistance

01 Mar 2005
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Answering the Call

they “enjoyed eating in exotic surroundings but were deeply mistrustful of exotic foods.” He also determined that labor cost and availability was the key problem in the U.S. restaurant business View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Jun 2005
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One-on-One with Grover Norquist

meaning they want to spend less. Democrats say they’re against the deficit, meaning they want to tax more. And neither one cares a whit about the deficit nor should they. It’s the size of government that is the View Details

Keywords: Government

01 Sep 2024
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The Road Less Traveled

foldable, totable scooter to get from apartment to bus stop, or subway stop to office. Of course, an increase in bikes, scooters, and mopeds will require new regulations and investment in street design to... View Details

Keywords: Janine White; illustrations by WACSO; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation

15 May 2023
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From Scientist to Business Leader

Brianna Kim (MS/MBA 2023) When she was little, Brianna Kim (MS/MBA 2023) fell in love with the hard sciences and expected to eventually go to medical school or earn a PhD. But her plans changed after college. Kim grew up outside... View Details

01 Feb 2000
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Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care

that angioplasties and bypass surgeries are funded. Despite compelling statistics that show preventive measures are far more effective and would cost much less than the $2... View Details

11 Feb 2021
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Retraining for a Post-COVID Workforce

in a four-month user-experience design course underwritten by Social Finance, which also provided access to emergency funds for basic necessities such as food, housing, and child care, as well as access to a social worker View Details

01 Sep 2003
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Business Plan Contest

to the traditional track and 8 to the social enterprise track. FBC Systems, the winning team for the traditional business track, provides software that enables engineers and managers in product development... View Details

Keywords: contests; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Sep 2005
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Predictable Surprises

security, but politically, it would have been a very unpopular decision. The airlines, which had contributed to the Clinton-Gore campaign, didn’t want it, it would have cost taxpayers $3 billion, and we all... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Dec 2017
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Flight Path

remote-controlled quadcopter,” hitting 163.5 mph. September 2017 DRL High Voltage, a drone pilot simulator, graduates from beta testing. The video game hones skills in preparation for flying an actual drone. DRL drones cost between $500... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Mar 2013
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Making Change

avoided because of cultural norms. I founded SHE in 2008, and its first initiative, SHE28, was created to stem the significant costs to the health, education, productivity, and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; housing; gay rights; diabesity; disability; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services

01 Dec 2019
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INK: Big News for Small Business

photo by Susan Young I also believe this will decrease risk for lenders, which will lower the cost of capital and create a virtuous cycle. Community banks, in particular, could be big winners: Imagine if... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Dec 2003
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Alumni Bookshelf

case studies and analyses of major corporations, Michaelson offers an in-depth view of common techniques of restructuring and discusses how to deliver increased value. A Manager’s Guide to Creative View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 2006
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Banking on Success

you’ll keep the cost line flat and that you have the discipline to raise revenues faster than your competitors, your stock price can rise in double digits,” he said. View Details

Keywords: Management

24 Apr 2014
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Tackling the data dilemma

centers. HP’s answer is the Moonshot server system, introduced in 2013, which uses 89 percent less energy and 80 percent less space, and costs 77 percent less than a... View Details

01 Mar 2018
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Can a Digital Platform Open Up the Opaque Metals Industry?

Chernilovskiy and Eykher, Kazzinc’s CFO, were suddenly facing an urgent need to reduce costs and improve cash flows. At the same time, they were growing acutely aware of the... View Details

Keywords: Nicole Torres

12 Jul 2011
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Phone Fun

marketing costs down by targeting the teens and twenties age group and by focusing — unlike some competitors — mainly on selling mobile phones. Although Phones 4u offers a... View Details

Keywords: Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services

01 Dec 2018
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Ask the Expert: Gimme Shelter

disabilities, and lower-wage workers, the cost to build simply cannot be covered by the rents they can pay—there has to be a subsidy of some kind. In regions like the Bay Area, middle-income rents can’t... View Details