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\|	\|	stephenmalina.com Weekly Newsletter - Stephen Malina	13.1 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	Education # The Unappreciated Success of Charter Schools Convincingly argues for charter schools' effectiveness at educating underpriviliged students. Mind and Brain # Postcards from the Edge of Consciousness Describes the experience of sensory deprivation and the biological mechanisms it activates. Muscle Strength is in the Mind Summarizes a recent study with results indicating that imagining muscular contractions affects the strength of the muscles involved. I've skimmed through the original study pape...	13.1 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	hbr.org What Is Strategy?	10.2 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	Today's dynamic markets and technologies have called into question the sustainability of competitive advantage. Under pressure to improve productivity, quality, and speed, managers have embraced tools such as TQM, benchmarking, and re-engineering. Dramatic operational improvements have resulted, but rarely have these gains translated into sustainable profitability. And gradually, the tools have taken the place of strategy. In his five-part article, Michael Porter explores how that shift has led to the rise of mutually destructive competitive battles that damage the profitability of many companies. As managers push to improve on all fronts, they move further away from viable competitive positions. Porter argues that operational effectiveness, although necessa...	10.2 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	agtb.wordpress.com Summer School on Economic Theory and Computer Science, Jerusalem 23/6/24-27/6/24 \| Turing's Invisible Hand	6.0 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	The 34th Advanced School in Economic Theory and Computer Science will be held in Jerusalem during Sun, 23/06/2024 to Thu, 27/06/2024. General Director: Eric Maskin, Harvard University Organizers: Elchanan Ben-Porath, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Michal Feldman, Tel Aviv University Noam Nisan,The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Contemporary economic theorists and computer scientists have a large...	6.0 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	www.mrmoneymustache.com Inflation Should We Be Worried?	75.5 parsecs away Travel
\|		Ive been writing about money for almost eleven years now, and in that time the world has become an immensely richer place. Here in the US, our economy h	75.5 parsecs away Travel