We all probably know what is going on in the United States right now. First Hurricane Harvey in Houston and now Hurricane Irma is approaching Florida. As a business student, I was wondering about the impact of these natural disasters and did some research about the economic and human impact of both Hurricane Harvey and […]
Month: September 2017
Psychological Contract: Everyone Benefits
Psychological Contract I have come across an interesting article talking about the psychological contract between employees and employers. The article was written by Denise M. Rousseau, published in 2004, and is called Psychological Contracts in the Workplace: Understanding the Ties That Motivate. The author talks about how psychological contracts benefit not only the organization, but […]
How to Diagnose Recession and Expansion in Real-Time
Today I was reading a pretty interesting article called Diagnosing Recession, written by Òscar Jordà which deals with an improved recession determination model. The disadvantage of the traditional National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Business Cycle Dating Committee’s model is that it informs about the start of a recession with a twelve-month delay. Due to […]