The Child Care Crisis: An Operations Challenge

Finding quality, affordable child care has long been a nightmare for parents. Unfortunately, market forces alone are unlikely to solve the financial problems that both consumers and businesses face. With razor-thin profit margins, child care facilities cannot afford to lower their prices even though these prices are out of reach for many families. Solutions involve collaboration among parents, employers, child care businesses, and federal and state governments.


Video Spotlight: The Market Controls Child Care Costs in the […]

Every Step You Take, I’ll Be Watching You

Sidewalk Labs, a unit of Alphabet, has partnered with a government agency to modernize part of the waterfront area in Toronto.

Heated streets, driverless shuttles, pavements with sensors, and robotic waste-sorting systems are part of this “city of the future.” Although the project promises to improve people’s quality of life, concerns about data ownership and privacy protection have yet to be addressed.


Video Spotlight: Introducing Sidewalk Toronto


This post is based on the Chicago Tribune article,

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