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Library & information science
A library call number is the unique code on a book's spine that tells you where it sits and sets it apart from other items. This guide explains its parts: location marks, classific
Business administration
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
Library & information science
This time, on the subject of an important concept in cataloging within resource organization theory (information organization theory), authority, I would like to prepare some mater
Tourism studies
Medical tourism is a phenomenon involving the use of medical services across national borders, including a range of services such as disease treatment, dental care, plastic surgery
Business administration
A network effect is the phenomenon in which a product or service becomes more valuable as more people use it. This piece covers direct and indirect effects, two-sided platforms and
Business administration
Why do new products that get off to a brilliant start stall before reaching the mainstream market? This article explains the chasm, the deep gap between early adopters and the earl
Information technology
Hyrum’s Law says that with enough users of an interface, every observable behavior will be depended on, regardless of what the documentation promises. This piece covers Hyrum Wrigh
Tourism studies
Last chance tourism is travel to see vanishing landscapes, wildlife, or cultures before they are gone. This piece covers the concept and its origins, why people are drawn to it, we
Journalism & communication
Why does a friend’s recommendation often sway us more than an ad? This article explains Lazarsfeld’s two-step flow theory—how media messages reach opinion leaders first and then sp
Robotics
Why can computers beat chess champions yet struggle to pick up a cup? This article covers the origins of Moravec's paradox, its evolutionary explanation, examples from robotics, an
Economics
Life is a series of choices. From the smallest questions when we open our eyes in the morning, such as "Should I sleep for 5 more minutes, or get up now?", to major decisions that
Film & media
This time, I will review the roles of MPEG standard families related to video, then explore the difference between codecs and file containers. MPEG emerged when the need to distrib
