Why the Job Search Is Like ‘Throwing Paper Airplanes into the Galaxy’
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Yelp Heads Toward an IPO, But Can It Thrive on the Social Web?
It’s four o’clock, and you need to make a dinner reservation. The problem is, you have no idea which restaurants are the highest rated in your area. Chances are that you’ll do what 66 million others do each month: search Yelp.
Why Companies Should Force Employees to Unplug
It is quitting time, and you know the drill. You grab your coat and slip on your Bluetooth for a quick call with a client on the commute home. You stop at the grocery store and, while you are in line, pluck out your BlackBerry to …
How Global Economic Shifts Changed the Wine Industry — For Better and For Worse
The international wine market was a favorite subject for classical economists in the 18th and 19th centuries to help explain the benefits of free trade. Adam Smith advocated free trade in his opus, An Inquiry into the Nature and …
The Unexpected Costs of Collaboration
When it comes to teams, less is sometimes more. In a recent paper, Wharton management professor Jennifer Mueller found that while larger teams generally are more productive overall than smaller ones, individual members of the …
