Business administration
A Market That Eats Itself: Cannibalization
Why does cannibalization, where a new product eats into an existing product's sales, happen? This article explains what it is and why it occurs, the cases of Apple, Kodak, and Netf
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Business administration
Strategies for Improving Performance Through an Understanding of Organizational Behavior
In the business environment, a deep understanding of organizational behavior has become an essential element of successful organizational operations. Organizational behavior explor
Design
Unlocking Design Innovation Through Proportion: The Secret of Visual Balance
Design is a form of visual communication that plays a central role in conveying information and emotion. Proportion is a particularly important element of design, defining the rela
Logistics
A Buffer Against Stockouts: Safety Stock
Why do warehouses hold more inventory than they expect to sell? This article explains what safety stock is and how it relates to the reorder point, how to calculate it from the ser
Business administration
Small Fixes Add Up to a Big Difference: Kaizen
Kaizen is a management approach in which everyone on the front line keeps making small improvements instead of one grand change. This article covers what the word means and where i
Robotics
Reaching Out a Hand from Afar: Teleoperation
Teleoperation lets a person control a distant machine directly, sending their hands and eyes where people cannot safely go. This article covers its origins in 1940s–50s nuclear lab
Psychology
One Good Trait Makes Everything Shine: The Halo Effect
The halo effect is a bias in judgment in which the impression from one standout trait spills over into how we rate other, unrelated traits. This piece covers the research that firs
Library & information science
The Hidden Order of Scattered Papers: Bradford's Law of Scattering
Why are the papers on a subject concentrated in just a few journals? This article explains how Bradford's law came about, dividing journals into zones in the ratio 1 : n : n², its
Information technology
What Are the Applications and Outlook of the Internet of Things (IoT)?
The Internet of Things connects everyday objects to the internet so they can collect and share data. This article looks at what IoT is, the key technologies behind it, the fields w
Information technology
The Chip That Keeps Doubling: Moore’s Law
Why have computers kept getting smaller, faster, and cheaper for more than half a century? This article explains Moore’s Law: how it began, what it really means, how it changed the
Library & information science
Organizing All the World's Knowledge with the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC)
The smartphones we use contain thousands, even tens of thousands, of files and apps. What would happen if photos, documents, and music files were all mixed together on a single scr
Information technology
What Is the Metaverse, What Are Its Features, and What Are Its Prospects?
The metaverse is a concept in which the real and virtual worlds converge through advances in virtual reality technology and the internet. It means creating a virtual world where pe