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The three questions are from Jim Levine, the agent who works with Itamar Simonson and Emanuel Rosen, authors of Absolute Value (2014). According to Levine, a good business book should answer the three above-noted questions. With regard to their 2014 study, Simonson and Rosen share the following answers. What? Consumer decision making has shifted. Consumers […]
I enjoy reading books, when time permits, from the Toronto Public Library. Among recent books I’ve enjoyed is: Absolute Value (2014). You can read a February 11, 2014 Forbes review of the book here. “Absolute value” refers, in this context, to the experienced quality of a product. The authors argue that consumers are becoming “less […]
An April 13, 2015 Boston Globe article is entitled: “Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics.” An excerpt from the article notes: This foray into one of the most challenging, and financially complex, areas of health care may seem contrary to the kind of dealmaking Bain Capital is best known for — investments in brand-name […]
Some years ago, James C. Scott taught a large undergraduate lecture course on anarchism in order to educate himself about the topic, and to figure out his own relationship to it. Scott’s conceptualization of anarchism includes a focus on “voluntary co-operation without hierarchy” and a celebration of “the inventiveness and judgment of people who are […]
A Match 19, 2014 Etobicoke Guardian article is entitled: “Ontario Power Authority urges residents to be wary if someone wants to inspect your furnace.” An October 2012 blog post about door to door energy scams is among the most visited pages, according to data from Google Analytics, at the Preserved Stories website. I owe thanks to […]
A previous post about the Machine in the Garden aesthetic of factory design included a large number of updates. For ease in reading of the original post, I’ve removed the updates and have included them (below) as a separate post: A May 8, 2021 New York Times article is entitled: “Seeing the Real Faces of […]
Updates A Jan. 6, 2014 Public Books article is entitled “What’s so social about social media?” Excerpts from the article, which I found of interest, are included at the end of this post. A Jan. 17, 2014 New York Times article is entitled “Technology is not driving us apart after all.” A Jan. 27, 2016 […]