Recent Works

Wharton

The Effect of Extracurricular, Employer-Held Social Functions on Employee Job Satisfaction
-Proposes a means for testing whether an employee's desire for social attachment to the workplace moderates the effect of employer-held social functions on his job satisfaction
-Written to incorporate the micro-organizational behavior literature

The Decline and the Renaissance of Jenny Craig
-Investigates the strategic and marketing factors that lead to the failure and success of an American weight loss company
-Written to incorporate the evolutionary economics literature

The Pros and Cons of Consolidation
-Examines the impact of the consolidation of a community hospital with two academic hospitals on market competition and access to care in Chicago, Illinois

Managed Care Organization Investment in Personal Health Records
-Explores the adoption of online, patient-managed health records by insurers

MIT

To Our Health: The Role of IT in Healthcare
-Investigates the impact that information technology has had on the quality and cost of healthcare, while proposing potential means for further improvement
-Written as my MIT undergraduate thesis

The Portable Document Format: Archiving Our Traditions
-Examines the history of the Portable Document Format and what it means to be a portable document

Sonic The Hedgehog 3: A Subtle Introduction to Japanese Culture
-A video game review that explores the cultural connotations of Sonic and several similar games

Apple: An Alternative Approach to Business
-Explores Apple's strategy, circa 2005

The Young and Old
-My MIT application essay

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