Search Constraints
Number of results to display per page
Results for:
Search Results
-
Video
Yochai Benkler explains how collaborative projects like Wikipedia and Linux represent the next stage of human organization.
- Subjects:
- Economics
- Keywords:
- Online social networks Information technology -- Economic aspects Technological innovations -- Social aspects
- Resource Type:
- Video
-
Video
In 2013, international migrants sent $413 billion home to families and friends — three times more than the total of global foreign aid (about $135 billion). This money, known as remittances, makes a significant difference in the lives of those receiving it and plays a major role in the economies of many countries. Economist Dilip Ratha describes the promise of these “dollars wrapped with love” and analyzes how they are stifled by practical and regulatory obstacles.
- Subjects:
- Economics
- Keywords:
- Emigrant remittances
- Resource Type:
- Video
-
Video
Loretta Napoleoni details her rare opportunity to talk to the secretive Italian Red Brigades -- an experience that sparked a lifelong interest in terrorism. She gives a behind-the-scenes look at its complex economics, revealing a surprising connection between money laundering and the US Patriot Act.
- Subjects:
- Criminology and Economics
- Keywords:
- Money laundering Terrorism -- Economic aspects
- Resource Type:
- Video
-
Video
Physics and marketing don't seem to have much in common, but Dan Cobley is passionate about both. He brings these unlikely bedfellows together using Newton's second law, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, the scientific method and the second law of thermodynamics to explain the fundamental theories of branding.
-
Video
What would a sustainable, universally beneficial economy look like? "Like a doughnut," says Oxford economist Kate Raworth. In a stellar, eye-opening talk, she explains how we can move countries out of the hole -- where people are falling short on life's essentials -- and create regenerative, distributive economies that work within the planet's ecological limits.
- Subjects:
- Economics
- Keywords:
- Economic development Sustainable development
- Resource Type:
- Video
-
Video
You take vacation days, sick days and mental health days; now it's time to add a financial health day to that list! What to do on it? Behavioral psychologist Wendy De La Rosa shares 10 simple steps you can take to spend less, save more -- and stress less.
- Subjects:
- Finance
- Keywords:
- Finance Personal
- Resource Type:
- Video
-
Others
Learners write an account of a workplace incident and evaluate statements for objectivity.
- Subjects:
- Management
- Keywords:
- Industrial accidents
- Resource Type:
- Others
-
Others
Learners view a heijunka box and read how this tool is used for scheduling production in a pull system.
- Subjects:
- Management
- Keywords:
- Production management Industrial productivity
- Resource Type:
- Others
-
Others
The learner will understand the meaning of terms and acronyms commonly used in a lean production system.
- Subjects:
- Management
- Keywords:
- Production control Production management
- Resource Type:
- Others
-
Others
Learners answer 24 multiple-choice questions regarding quality assurance. Immediate feedback is provided.
- Subjects:
- Management
- Keywords:
- Quality assurance Quality control
- Resource Type:
- Others