Plenty of good advice from Greg Mankiw for new junior faculty. Though I might have a problem with his one-before-the-last piece: “Avoid activities that will distract you from research.
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Capitolul “Resurse umane” in Romania
Cotidianul are o (co)initiativa foarte buna, zic eu: un workshop foarte interesant pe tema resurselor umane, probabil primul workshop decent pe topicul acesta, in Romania. Pacat doar ca vine atat de tarziu.
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I’ve received today this email (I receive quite often such emails since I am also interested- rather actively, I’d like to think- in Applied Mathematics). I put in bold what is the most interesting thing for my purpose here (I won’t search for the rank or reputation of this journal below etc.
→ Read more Ernst & Young’s “Southeast Europe Attractiveness Survey 2007”
…places Romania first in the investors’ ranking. See here a summary of the SE investment “attractiveness survey” results, in English (or the same, in Romanian). I think a lot of attention should be devoted to the indicators where we lag behind (and this report should probably have emphasized those to start with, Romanians tend to read the first pages and skip the rest…).
→ Read more Quote for the week 18th to 24th of Feb ’07
Brinkmanship is thus the deliberate creation of a recognizable risk, a risk that one does not completely control. It is the tactic of deliberately letting the situation get somewhat out of hand, just because its being out of hand may be intolerable to the other party and force his accomodation.
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