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A Management Consultant @ Large
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Innovation in the Food and Beverage Industry. Introduces retail lifecycle management, the notion that a retail chain must manage an investment stream in a portfolio of locations that both determines its operating efficiency ad makes a lasting statement about its marketing intent. Topics covered include economics, supply chain strategy, operations, design, and process management.
Recent Posts
Training Trusted Advisors
Jan Kmenta, Professor of EconometricsThe work of the best novelists and scholars burrow into the psyche. Peculiarly in my own mind the British intelligence officer and novelist David Cornwall (aka John le Carré), and Czech-born Jan Kmenta, the wry ...
Stephen A. Biciocchi, Associated Consultant
Steve Biciocchi, Founder, C3 ConsultingMr. Biciocchi is a founding Partner in C3 Consulting, which focuses on developing consumer centric solutions in Supply Chain and IT for Retail and Consumer Goods firms.Prior to C3, Steve has been providing thoug...
A Review of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
The Library of CongressThe U.S. House is expected to vote today on the Senate version of the bailout plan, HR1424, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. Following two weeks of intense scrutiny, debate, political wrangling and even some s...
Financial Crisis: Stepping Back from the Precipice
Tarpeian Rock, RomeEconomists, bloggers and amateur historians will read with interest the rich exchange of ideas on the Paulson bailout plan instigated by Christopher Carroll, the economist from Johns Hopkins University, on the Economists' Forum blo...
Credit Default Swaps: Recent Stories from NPR
National Public RadioIn a previous post I mentioned, without much explanation, that credit default swaps (CDS) were instrumental in creating the 2008 credit crisis. As it happens, Alex Blumberg has done some of the clearest reporting on CDS for a Na...
Responses from Readers: Auto Industry Bailout
Chevy SuburbanLast week we posed a simple question to readers of some of the new discussion boards on LinkedIn:Do you think funds from TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program) should be used to help the U.S. automotive industry? How about other troubled ...


