Book Talk episode 10 Date: November 30, 2020 Professor: Funabashi, Gaku 1. The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World by Jacqueline Novogratz 2. The Prosperity Paradox: How Innovation Can Lift Nations Out of Poverty by Clayton M Christensen, Efosa Ojomo and Karen Dillon
Book Talk episode 9 Date: October 26, 2020 Professor: Cooray, Nawalage S. 1. Why nations fail : the origins of power, prosperity, and poverty by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson 2. The narrow corridor : states, societies, and the fate of liberty by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson 3. The Third Pillar: How Markets and the State Leave the Community Behind by Raghuram Rajan
Book Talk episode 8 Date: October 19, 2020 Professor: Lin, Ching-Yang Selected Book: Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely (2010)
Book Talk episode 7 Date: September 21, 2020 Professor: Li, Wenkai 1. Operations management in the supply chain : decisions and cases, international ed. — 7th ed by Roger G. Schroeder, Susan Meyer Goldstein(2018) 2. The goal : a process of ongoing improvement, 3rd revised ed by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox ; with interviews by David Whitford (2004) 3. Supply chain management : strategy, planning, and operation, 7th Ed by Sunil Chopra, Peter Meindl(2019)
Book Talk episode 6 Date: September 14, 2020 Professor: Jinnai, Yusuke 1. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahnema (2011) 2. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund, Ola Rosling (2018) 3. Poor Numbers: How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to Do about It by Morten Jerven (2013)
Book Talk episode 5 Date: September 7, 2020 Prof. Kato, Hiroshi 1. How to Lie with Statistics by Darrl Huff (1954) 2. Naked Statistics by Charles Wheelan (2013) 3. The Pyramid Principle: Logic in Writing and Thinking by Barbara Minto (1987)
Book Talk episode 4 Date: August 31, 2020 Professor: Wong, Chun Yee 1. Poor economics : a radical rethinking of the way to fight global poverty by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo (2012) 2. Mastering ‘metrics : the path from cause to effect by Joshua D. Angrist, Jörn-Steffen Pischke (2014) 3. Mostly harmless econometrics : an empiricist’s companion by oshua D. Angrist and Jörn-Steffen Pischke (2009)
Book Talk episode 3 Date: August 24, 2020 Professor: Ahmed, Mohammed K. 1. Brain rules : 12 principles for surviving and thriving at work, home and school by John Medina (2014) 2. Talk like TED : the 9 public speaking secrets of the world’s top minds by Carmine Gallo (2014) 3. The presentation secrets of Steve Jobs : how to be insanely great in front of any audience by Carmine Gallo (2010)
Book Talk episode 2 Date: August 17, 2020 Professor: Shinohara, Shugo Date: August 17, 2020 1. Exit, voice, and loyalty : responses to decline in firms, organizations, and states by Albert O. Hirschman (1970) 2. Institutions, institutional change and economic performance by Douglass C. North (1990) 3. Public administration : traditions of inquiry and philosophies of knowledge by Norma M. Riccucci(2010)
Book Talk episode 1 Date: August 10, 2020 Professor: Chow, Yuen Leng Selected Book: 1. Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J Dubner (2009) 2. Super Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt (2011)