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In most Latin American countries, the aging yellow buses that prowl the streets in search of fares still bear the original black lettering of previous ownership - the Crookston Public Schools, or some other school district from another place and time. The recycled buses are usually given some sort of minimal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Panama City Tries to Exorcise Its Red Devils | 5/2/2009 | See Source »

Denise A. Jillson, Executive Director of the Harvard Square Business Association, said the sales tax increase was “painful” and “difficult” for consumers who are already hard hit by the economic downturn. But she added that the negative impacts of the...

Author: By Liyun Jin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: State Approves Sales Tax Increase | 4/30/2009 | See Source »

Patrick is not looking for government intervention to save his business, however. The company's manufacturing business model may seem counterintuitive. In a world where the efficiencies of scale have prompted textilemakers to mass-produce a limited line of goods, Patrick Yarns spins a wide range of products for a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spinning a New Strategy | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

This strategy earned the yarnmaker a loyal customer in the protective-glove industry. Although that company's existing product line met cut-protection specs, low abrasion properties contributed to a short life span. Patrick Yarns developed a fiber that could double the cut protection and increase the abrasion resistance more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spinning a New Strategy | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

Perhaps a good model doesn’t have to work for everyone. Inevitably, there will injuries, dissatisfaction with playing time, development of other interests. Rather, what makes a model good is that it allows those people to drop out at a minimal cost when things go wrong. Not that...

Author: By Mark J. Chiusano and Hyung W. Kim, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Leaving the Locker Room | 4/22/2009 | See Source »

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