Re: The M.B.A. - why bother?

2000-10-03 Thread michael gilson de lemos
You'll have to do field research. I'll be glad to talk to you privately once your project matures. There are also a lot of rules of thumb in different industries in hiring and promotion you might look at. Best Regards, MG From: Pat McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday,

Re: The M.B.A. - why bother?

2000-10-02 Thread michael gilson de lemos
In my experience, outside of specialized consultants, many consulting firms hire preferentially philosophy/history majors with knowledge of languages and supervisory experience. Sales and community experience is helpful. MBAs are for scutwork, as they say, and you're supposed to pick up

Re: The Economics of Chess conventions

2000-09-20 Thread michael gilson de lemos
a)My understanding is that touching the piece often causes the opponent to reveal "tells" or body signals indicative of his strategy. It also prevents claims a piece was moved by mistake. b)Poker? Monopoly?Tower building games (judging a marginal effect)? Best Regards, MG Question: Chess

Re: The Economics of Chess conventions

2000-09-20 Thread michael gilson de lemos
I would add that in poker, money management is also very critical. One can lose most of the games, and often must, to end up with the largest pot I notice the responses so far seem to divide this list among the games that attempt to model a portion of reality, such as Diplomacy, Risk and so

Re: Xerox machines and book prices

2000-09-12 Thread michael gilson de lemos
? michael gilson de lemos a *crit : Hmmm. What about on-demand publishing, which is JIT, controlled set-up costs and dependent on photocopying technology? Best Regards, MG

Re:more refills.

2000-07-10 Thread michael gilson de lemos
Is it more appropriate to say free refill, or doling out in small quantities that not all may use--and one depends on people not using all they are entitled to? If the latter, can the multiplier effect in some sense be viewed as what happens when people do not use all they are entitled to,

Re: Summer reruns

2000-07-10 Thread michael gilson de lemos
Also, a lot of folks don't like to work in the summer.Especially in CA. Best Regards, MG been averse to breaking the tradition and producing more original content in the summer to capture market share from their rivals? R.J. Lehmann Retail Editor Travel Weekly (201) 902-1931 (v)

Re: Free Re-fills

2000-07-08 Thread michael gilson de lemos
Restaurants of what type and what were their corresponding policies? Best Regards, MG Is there any logic to whether restaraunts offer free refills for soda drinks? I've observed one street alone among three restaraunts