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...work more efficiently should actually work less, according to the findings of a study released by the Harvard Business Review. Leslie A. Perlow, a professor of leadership at the Business School and the lead author on the study, worked closely with several offices of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) over the course of four years. The researchers mandated “predictable time off” for employees to determine whether or not change was possible in the “always-on” culture of the American workplace. Though Perlow said she did not have definite expectations when...
...seats and tons of legroom and not share space with wailing babies and tour groups. For road warriors, this concept is a no-brainer. "It was a third the price and at least three times the experience, an inverse proportion," notes Mary Egan of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), a recent OpenSkies passenger to Amsterdam...
...Amsterdam and Paris, business passengers make up 65% to 70% of the traffic, a percentage that works for OpenSkies and points to opportunities in other business centers like Frankfurt and Milan--if BA gives the airline enough support. BCG's Egan, a consumer-products specialist, says that consumer awareness of OpenSkies is limited and that as a boutique brand in a large company, it is always vulnerable. "All my clients have little brands like this. But the problem is, Can you keep incubating them...
Edwards’ spray solves many of the problems with the current BCG method. It doesn’t require needles—thus eliminating the HIV risk—and may also prove more effective than injecting needles under the skin. The spray immunizes directly through the lungs, which is the route of infection for TB. The new method may also depend less on refrigeration...
License agreements are just one of the obstacles preventing drugs from reaching the most desperate places. Humanitarian-aid workers still face the challenge of transporting the drugs—and in many cases, such as the BCG vaccine, that task that involves bringing refrigerated fluids to areas without electricity...