Global uncertainty may force businesses to rely on flexibility rather than efficiency
Most businesses have never faced an era when uncertainty is so rampant.
Social Sciences
Apr 9, 2020
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A supply chain expert weighs in on the current crisis and maps out a plan for the future
Well before hand sanitizer became impossible to find and store shelves across the country were emptied of toilet paper, Brian Aoaeh, who teaches in NYU Tandon's Department of Technology Management and Innovation, was pointing ...
Economics & Business
Apr 8, 2020
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How has COVID-19 impacted supply chains around the world?
Acute shortages of supplies to safely diagnose and treat patients with COVID-19 has crippled the United States' response to the coronavirus pandemic. Despite the importance of widespread and comprehensive testing for COVID-19, ...
Economics & Business
Apr 7, 2020
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How the coronavirus has—and has not—disrupted the global supply chain
Shortly after officials reported SARS-COV-2—also known the coronavirus—had reached the shores of the United States, an odd thing began to happen. Average Americans, gripped with some combination of fear and powerlessness, ...
Economics & Business
Apr 6, 2020
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World could face food crisis in wake of coronavirus: UN, WTO
The heads of three global agencies warned Wednesday of a potential worldwide food shortage if authorities fail to manage the ongoing coronavirus crisis properly.
Environment
Apr 1, 2020
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Opinion: Lessons of the epidemic for small government
The coronavirus emergency is a brutal reminder that we pay a price for deregulating society in pursuit of profit.
Economics & Business
Mar 30, 2020
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Global supply chains as a way to curb carbon emissions
The coronavirus outbreak raised everyone's awareness of the significance of global supply chains to modern economies. But global supply chains also play an important role in greenhouse gas emissions. How they are managed ...
Environment
Mar 26, 2020
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Expert explains why the odds of a coronavirus recession have risen
Throughout his career, Jeffrey Frankel, James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), has assiduously tried to avoid making predictions about when the next economic recession would ...
Economics & Business
Mar 18, 2020
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COVID-19: The perils of a 'just enough, just in time' food system
Toilet paper shortages, profiteering from hand sanitizer and empty shelves in grocery stores.
Economics & Business
Mar 17, 2020
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The real economic victims of coronavirus are those we can't see
The COVID-19 coronavirus is officially a pandemic, the US and Australian share markets have collapsed, both governments have unveiled stimulus packages, and Australia's trade union movement is worried about the position of ...
Economics & Business
Mar 17, 2020
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