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Description: In 1986, a New York zoning activist made a startling discovery: A newly constructed building was over a dozen floors too high. What followed was one of the strangest outcomes in the history of big-city housing.

Source: TheHustle.co

Date: Feb 03, 2023

Link: https://link.thehustle.co/view/6336092910af034736048108i4gus.4amh/236068f4

Questions for discussion:

  • What does the article say about the working relationship between city governments and real estate developers?
  • Was there a better decision to be made in the case of the Parkview?
  • Do you think there should be greater and stricter regulation or less? Explain your thinking.

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Description: Here’s something odd: We’re getting worse at construction. Think of the technology we have today that we didn’t in the 1970s. The new generations of power tools and computer modeling and teleconferencing and advanced machinery and prefab materials and global shipping. You’d think we could build much more, much faster, for less money, than in the past. But we can’t. Or, at least, we don’t.

Source: NYTimes.com

Date: Feb 05, 2023

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/05/opinion/economy-construction-productivity-mystery.html?smid=em-share

Questions for discussion:

  • Summarize the reasons offered that explain the lack of productivity growth in construction.
  • Do you think this is a fair assessment of the industry?
  • What are other possible explanations, as you see things?
  • What would recommend to the players involved that would allow for greater productivity?

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Description: The more your employees trust you, the more engaged they’ll be.

Source: Sloanreview.mit.edu

Date: Jan 24, 2023

Link: https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/how-to-build-a-high-trust-workplace/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=the%20more%20engaged%20they’ll%20be&utm_campaign=Enews%20Leadership%202/2/2023

Questions for discussion:

  • What are the benefits of greater trust in the work environment, according to the research?
  • Why do you think this is true?
  • How can management facilitate greater degrees of trust?
  • Do you think all employees will recognize the effort to build a trusting work environment?

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Description: Alphabet reported revenue Thursday of $76.05 billion in Q4 2022, up 1% year-over-year, but missing analysts’ expectations by $440 million.

Source: Mediapost.com

Date: Feb 02, 2023

Link: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/382181/google-earnings-show-advertising-demand-slowing-p.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=readmore&utm_campaign=129155&hashid=TL8dDnMeSliWuSEzOPtYUA

Questions for discussion:

  • Summarize the financial information reported.
  • What is the explanation for the shortfall in expectations?
  • Why would this be considered concerning to investors and the digital advertising industry?
  • Do you think revenues will bounce back?
  • How can Alphabet increase growth?

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Description: Even inside the company, the chatbot’s popularity has come as something of a shock.

Source: NYTimes.com

Date: Feb 03, 2023

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/03/technology/chatgpt-openai-artificial-intelligence.html

Questions for discussion:

  • What are the potential uses of this software that should appeal to consumers and businesses?
  • Using a business example, show how can it be monetized?

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Description: Canada’s egg industry appears to be quietly sidestepping widespread shortages and wildly spiking prices affecting other countries, and some say supply management is to thank.

Source: BNNBloomberg.ca – video report

Date: Feb 03, 2023

Link: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/made-in-canada-system-keeps-egg-supply-stable-but-is-it-also-keeping-prices-high-1.1878986

Questions for discussion:

  • Summarize the egg supply system in Canada and why prices can vary dramatically across the country?
  • Do you think supply management is a better system as opposed to laissez-faire?

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Description: The employment picture started off 2023 on a stunningly strong note, with nonfarm payrolls posting their biggest gain since July 2022.

Source: CNBC.com – video report

Date: Feb 03, 2023

Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/03/jobs-report-january-2023-.html

Questions for discussion:

  • Where were the main growth areas for employment?
  • What does this say about how the economy is recovering from the past few years of decline?
  • What does this mean for management, marketers and investors?

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Description: AbbVie for years delayed competition for its blockbuster drug Humira, at the expense of patients and taxpayers. The monopoly is about to end.

Source: NYTimes.com

Date: Jan 28, 2023

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/28/business/humira-abbvie-monopoly.html

Questions for discussion:

  • Summarize the issues related to how businesses, governments, insurance companies and consumers are connected to the drug Humira.
  • Is this an acceptable system for the industry, in your opinion?
  • How might the system be changed in order to be more fair to all parties?

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Description: Intel’s December earnings showed significant declines in the company’s sales, profit, gross margin, and outlook, both for the quarter and the full year.

Source: CNBC.com

Date: Jan 26, 2023

Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/26/intels-horrible-quarter-inventory-glut-and-underused-factories.html

Questions for discussion:

  • What are the key problems at Intel?
  • How did investors react?
  • Do you think these problems will be short-lived?
  • Is this an opportunity for investors to “buy low”?

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Description: Truth In Advertising (TINA) and three other consumer groups want the Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU) of BBB National Programs to audit Walmart’s presence on metaverse platform Roblox.

Source: Mediapost.com

Date: Jan 25, 2023

Link: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/381900/consumer-groups-seek-kid-ad-audit-of-walmarts-un.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headline&utm_campaign=129067&hashid=7T9TCmQZSDGbnu-424RuBQ

Questions for discussion:

  • Do you consider this strategy unethical or in any way unacceptable?
  • Do you believe there is a way to communicate to the target audience that what they are interacting with is an “advergame”?
  • How would you advise the companies, regulators and parents?