The scariest part of Halloween: supply chains
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Halloween. The holiday that haunts supply chains.
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Consumer Affairs, October 3, 2023
Inflation has made just about everything more expensive and Halloween is no exception. The cost of filling trick-or-treat bags has risen sharply, faster than overall grocery prices.
Christopher Tang: A Chinese economic collapse could be a nightmare
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 30, 2023
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Dealing With China Is Unavoidable. Mitigating Its Risks Should Be, Too.
Barron's, September 29, 2023
The U.S. is striving to reduce its dependence on China by derisking its supply chains. However, this process of derisking can also introduce new risks. It is crucial for U.S. firms to devise strategies to identify, evaluate, mitigate, and respond to the various types of supply chain risks that may arise from this derisking process.
Do You Criticize Or Celebrate Your Colleagues? It May Depend On Your Social Position
The News Motion, September 29, 2023
Online technology is fundamentally reshaping employee evaluations. In the last decade or so, companies such as IBM, Amazon, and General Electric have adopted performance feedback apps that allow employees to “review” one another in real time. These apps take the 360-degree paradigm to its logical extreme by removing temporal, hierarchical, and geographical barriers to feedback.
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