Before Marchionne’s arrival, FIAT wasn’t doing exceedingly well. Managerial theories claim that in order to perform a turnaround it is required to stop the sales, decrease investment, cut costs and decrease labour. However, this wasn’t the case: the exceptionality of it was the group of leaders who in a few months had made the heart …
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If you open up the first few pages of an IB economics textbook, you will doubtless come across the word “rational”, in the context of explaining how economic agents (buyers and sellers, households and firms) interact. The assumption is, in the course of the two years of an IB economics student’s studies, that us humans …
DNA profiling is the use of genetic information to match crime scene evidence with suspects in criminal investigations (Easteal & Easteal, 1990). Introduced in the late 1980s, this technique has revolutionized forensics laboratories as it allows scientists to reach a certain degree of identification as well as exclude individuals from inquiries (Easteal & Easteal, 1990). …
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The Gig Economy refers to a labour market, specifically over an online platform, where short-term contracts and freelance work is favoured over full-time employment (Gross, 2018). There are no doubt conveniences for consumers offered by the Gig Economy, where simply pressing a button on your phone can order food to be delivered to your doorstep, or …
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Myself and a schoolmate recently took part in the charitable organisation's Lesson From Auschwitz project, which aims to educate school children on the reality of the Holocaust. Below is what I have taken from it. Hearing about Auschwitz-Birkenau in school is nothing like seeing it first-hand. It is easy to dismiss or become desensitised to …
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