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- Flexing Its Muscle: Why Manufacturing Is Bouncing Back
- Is the manufacturing sector getting more respect? Although it represents a declining share of the U.S. economy, signs of a manufacturing rebound in the nation and around the world seem to be another indication that the global recession is coming to an end.
- Exploring Perception of Food Packages with Rule Developing Experimentation and Eye Tracking
- How can we better analyze the way in which consumers perceive product packaging? By using modern methodologies, we can create packages that capture a consumer's attention and stimulate purchasing interest.
- Global Interdependence: Are the U.S and Other Markets 'Sowing the Seeds' for the Next Crisis?
- The U.S. could be heading into a "double dip" scenario that tips it back into a recession. That depends on global interest rate policies, property markets and public deficits will all demand attention, Allen notes in a recent interview with Knowledge@Wharton.
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Ed Ayres on Energy Policy and the U.S. Economy- Ed Ayres, co-author of "Crossing the Energy Divide," discusses the hard link between the U.S. economy and the fossil-fuel-based energy system, and the reality that transition to renewable energy sources will take longer than advocates seem to hope.
- Learning from Catastrophes with Howard Kunreuther and Michael Useem
- "Learning from Catastrophes" authors Howard Kunreuther and Michael Useem discuss how low-probability events from the past (forest fires, financial meltdowns, pandemic illnesses) seem to be higher-probability events today -- and how best to manage them.
- Eric Olson on Better Green Business
- "Better Green Business" author Eric Olson explains how his book bridges the gap between the information relating to the green movement, and the concrete actions businesses can take to improve their environmental stewardship and sustainability performance.
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Learning From Catastrophes
Organizations must prepare for hurricanes, pandemics, terrorism, financial meltdowns, and other disasters—but how? Howard Kunreuther and Michael Useem present breakthrough best practices for managing extreme risks—both natural and man-made—in Learning From Catastrophes. Learn their innovative approaches to assess, perceive, prepare, mitigate, and address disaster with improved forecasting and communication, resilience and sustanability, and operational response.
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If we continue today's inefficient and dangerous energy usage, we're headed toward economic and environmental catastrophe. But in Crossing the Energy Divide, Robert and Edward Ayres show how massive improvements in energy efficiency can bridge the global economy until clean renewables can fully replace fossil fuels. We'll get more energy without more emissions, achieve true energy security, and reignite economic growth for decades to come.
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