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The Case for Listening to the Maniacs

Harvard Business Review

Norton of Harvard Business School. These stats, reported by Steven Greenhouse, are a major pain point between workers and managers who, armed with data on when customers shop and eat, constantly adjust schedules to maximize efficiency and profits. Avery and Michael I. And long lines ?

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Grandiose, Narcissistic, Impulsive E-Personalities — and What They Might Do to the Economy

Harvard Business Review

Is it possible that the Great Recession of 2008-2010 might have something to do with our coming of age as virtual creatures? Was it the efficiency and convenience of not having to go to the store? Norton & Company, 2011). The researchers then set out to understand what prompted the pathological shoppers' online sprees.