Archive for June 7th, 2004
Why Do Restaurants Have Menus?
Philip Greenspun: Consider the process of going to a restaurant. You, a completely ignorant and probably somewhat fat person, walk in and they hand you a long menu of potential dishes. For each dish the menu lists a tiny fraction of the ingredients but does not fully disclose sauces or overall calories. Even if the [...]
Passing the Family Business On
Professor Bainbridge: In my experience, there is almost nothing harder than successfully passing a family-owned business from one generation to another. In his post, UCLA law professor Stephen Bainbridge explores the intricacies of family business succession by examining the wine business.
The first Carnival of the Capitalists of June is up at The Window Manager. “Window Manager” is a Japanese phrase for someone who has a fairly high level job with nothing to do – except look out the window.
