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Union risks future of East Coast ports
Doug Hales In September, Harold Daggett, president of the International Longshoremen’s Association, representing maritime workers at East Coast and Gulf ports, addressed members in a letter. “Let me be clear: we don’t want any form of semi-automation or full automation,” he wrote. “We want our jobs – the jobs we have Already a Subscriber? Log in To Continue Reading This Article Become a Providence Business News subscriber and get immediate access to all of our premier content and much more.
After pager explosions, supply chain security matters more than ever
Supply chain professionals woke up to a new world on Sept. 17 after the synchronized explosions of thousands of pagers in Lebanon killed numerous Hezbollah militants and civilians while injuring thousands. Observing the possibility of weaponizing technology supply chains, could our adversaries follow suit? Should we be worried about our medical devices, our cars, our cellphones? I have identified soft spots in the global technology supply chains and can recommend ways to make them more secure.
Learning from the pandemic
INTRODUCTION Learning from the pandemic Koray Özpolat, Corresponding Author Koray Özpolat College of Business, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA Correspondence Koray Özpolat, College of Business, University of Rhode Island, 318 Ballentine Hall, 7 Lippitt Rd. Kingston, RI 02881, USA.
Sanctions should be used only sparingly
This Quirky, Tiny Florida Beach Town is Home to the "World's Smallest Police Station," and a Lighthouse Made of Bottles
Sanctions should be used only sparingly
Koray Özpolat Marking the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Biden administration announced another round of sanctions “to further degrade Russia’s economy and diminish its ability to wage war against Ukraine.” Yet, extensive trade and financial sanctions imposed by the U.S. and its allies have not deterred Russia. Are sanctions effective at all? The earliest… You must be a paid subscriber to read this content.
Opinion/Ozpolat and Yalcin: We're not out of the woods yet on COVID
Koray Ozpolat and Mehmet Yalcin are supply chain management professors at the University of Rhode Island. Pfizer and German BioNTech companies recently announced promising preliminary results of a COVID-19 vaccine where the FDA approval process will soon follow the end of stage-3 clinical trials. Pfizer’s announcement feeds hope as 2020 is waning. However, we can’t quite see the light because the tunnel is too long — it will be many more months before life is normal again.
URI supply chain management professors discourage panic buying by consumers.
Koray Ozpolat and Mehmet Yalcin are supply chain management professors at the University of Rhode Island. The second wave of COVID-19 is almost here. Since mid-July, average cases in Rhode Island have increased five-fold. The seemingly distant toilet paper shortage and the empty supermarket shelves may prompt Rhode Islanders to plan for pantries overflowing with food commodities in preparation for the second wave and beyond.
Our Turn: Koray Ozpolat and Maling Ebrahimpour: Graduating in a recession? Dare to dream
By Koray Ozpolat and Maling Ebrahimpour Friday May 15, 2020 at 5:00 PM At the University of Rhode Island, we are all disappointed that May's graduation ceremonies have been postponed, due to the coronavirus pandemic. As business professors, we would like to share some tips with our students to offer them hope and to help them prepare for job-hunting in a recession. At the University of Rhode Island, we are all disappointed that May's graduation ceremonies have been postponed.
Our Turn: Koray Ozpolat and Maling Ebrahimpour: Graduating in a recession? Dare to dream
At the University of Rhode Island, we are all disappointed that May's graduation ceremonies have been postponed. It was in 1970 that a URI commencement was last postponed, due to a campus strike because of the invasion of Cambodia. After 50 years, it is a pandemic causing postponement. We all woke up to a new world after spring break. Some 20.5 million jobs have since been lost — the highest number in American history.
Our Turn: Jay Zhang and Koray Ozpolat: Other countries doing better than U.S.
By Jay Zhang and Koray Ozpolat Saturday Mar 21, 2020 at 12:17 AM In response to President Trump’s calling COVID-19 the “Wuhan Virus” and a “foreign virus,” a spokesperson for the Chinese government implied that the outbreak actually started in the United States. We believe this mutual blame-game is not the right way to respond to a pandemic but that the nations should cooperate and learn from each other.
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