Five months ago, Zero Hedge observed the nuances of the Federal Reserve’s Primary Dealer Credit Facility (PDCF) and concluded that this artificial liquidity boosting construct was nothing more than yet another scam to allow banks to extract ever more money from taxpayers, with the complicit blessing of the Federal Reserve Board Of New York (as [...]
Kate Lister, the author of “Undress for Success,” has come up with some impressive figures when it comes to the amount of money that could be saved by switching U.S. employees who have jobs compatible with telecommuting to actually working from home for at least half of their working time. The bottom line, according to [...]
Many large companies have policies that allow employees to spend some of their time working on their own projects. These programs are often used to entice high-caliber job applicants, as well as encourage innovation. For example, Google has what it calls “20-Percent Time”, where its employees spend one day each workweek on project they’re passionate [...]
Published:
March 10, 2010
Paper Released:
February 2010
Authors:
Jordan I. Siegel and Prithwiraj Choudhury
Executive Summary:
“Tunneling” refers to efforts by firms’ controlling owner-managers to take money for themselves at the expense of minority shareholders. Looking at emerging economies in general and at India in particular, HBS professor Jordan I. Siegel and doctoral student Prithwiraj Choudhury argue for a simultaneous analysis [...]
How should companies survive a recession and do well afterward? Empirical research into the activities of 4,700 public companies during three recent recessions makes clear that the healthiest survivors simultaneously deployed both defensive and offensive maneuvers. Writing in the March issue of Harvard Business Review, HBS professors Ranjay Gulati and Nitin Nohria and Kellogg School [...]
Similar to Hamburg’s Language Lounge, which we covered back in 2008, Spanish restaurant chain Fresc Co now provides a way for customers to practice their English while they eat. But while Language Lounge charges a monthly fee for its lessons, Fresc Co’s initiative is free.
Fresc Co operates some 40 restaurants in 11 Spanish cities, focusing [...]
Aesthetically pleasing as they may be, windows are typically a drain on a building’s energy efficiency. Enter Smart Energy Glass, a new innovation from Dutch Peer+ that turns windows into solar energy collectors with a customisable appearance.
Not only are Smart Energy Glass windows available in several colours, but they can switch between three modes: dark, [...]
Outline of opening keynote to 4,500 people at MPI conference in Las Vegas by Dr Patrick Dixon.
Slides of MPI keynote and video
Future of corporate events, conferences, workshops and seminars. …
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How long buildings last — scandal
http://www.globalchange.com Scandal of short life of commercial buildings. Building and demolition costs and lifetime energy use of corporate real estate. 30 — 40…
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It’s Déjà Voodoo Economics… All Over Again
By: Eric Sprott & David Franklin
If you’re of a certain age, chances are you remember exactly where you
were when JFK was assassinated. Similarly, if you’re from Canada or
the United States and have an even remote interest in hockey, it’s
highly likely that you remember exactly where you were when [...]
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