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
The Portable Document Format: Archiving Our Traditions
Sonic The Hedgehog 3: A Subtle Introduction to Japanese Culture
Apple: An Alternative Approach to Business
The Young and Old
-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
-Examines the history of the Portable Document Format and what it means to be a portable document
-A video game review that explores the cultural connotations of Sonic and several similar games
-Explores Apple's strategy, circa 2005
-My MIT application essay