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Tag Archives: Economics
Hopeful About India’s Manufacturing Sector
Why Am I Hopeful About India’s Manufacturing Sector [the broken link was removed] by Indra: As World Economic Forum Founder and Chairman Professor Klaus Schwab said in recently held India Economic Summit, 2005, “It is indeed important for India to … Continue reading
Be Thankful for Lean Thinking
Topics: Management Improvement and Economics The Dallas Federal Reserve white paper, Supply Chain Management: The Science of Better, Faster, Cheaper [the broken link was removed] by Thomas F. Siems provides a macroeconmic view of what to be thankful due to … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Lean thinking, Management, Six sigma
Tagged Economics, lean management, Lean thinking
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Science and Engineering
Broad Federal Effort Urgently Needed to Create New, High-Quality Jobs for All Americans in the 21st Century [the broken link was removed], news release on a report from the National Academies Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy – Rising … Continue reading
The Dramatic Spread of Lean Thinking
Topic: Management Improvement and Economics The Dramatic Spread of Lean Thinking [the broken link was removed] by Jim Womack: Currently we are experiencing an explosion of interest in applying lean thinking to practically every process in every corner of the … Continue reading
Innovation and Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a license that lets the creators of intellectual property clearly define how that property may be used by others. Partially this license is a reaction to the poor way copyright law is being viewed today (see links … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Economics, Innovation
Tagged copyright, deadly diseases, Economics, Innovation
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Estate Tax Repeal
Topic: Economics – Estate Tax The estate tax is the most capitalist tax that exists. Capitalism, which some seem to think is based on people inheriting assets from their relatives, is not. Capitalism is based on the concept that each … Continue reading
Price Discrimination in the Internet Age
Re: Boing Boing post – Why HP’s region coding excuse is bogus There is a simple method for large multi-national companies to use to protect against currency fluctuation. They can use foreign exchange futures to do so. Companies do this … Continue reading
Posted in Customer focus, Economics, Management
Tagged bad customer service, Customer focus, Economics, health care system, internet
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USA Health Care Costs reach 15.3% of GDP – the highest percentage ever
re: Health Care Spending In The United States Slows For The First Time In Seven Years The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services) issued a report (the press release … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Health care, Popular, quote
Tagged curiouscat, Deming, economic data, Economics, Health care, health care system, USA
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Adventure Capitalist and China Wakes
I recently read two books that offered perspectives I found worthwhile and were enjoyable to read. Adventure Capitalist by Jim Rogers tracked his trip around the world by car. Previously he had documented his around the world motorcycle journey in … Continue reading
Economics – America and China
Business Week has several good articles on the topic of China’s Economic impact including: Shaking up Trade Theory and The China Price. In Shaking up Trade Theory Aaron Bernstein explores: “The fact that programming, engineering, and other high-skilled jobs are … Continue reading