Faire mentir les chiffres

Conduct enough tests on a bunch of data—run through half a million genetic sequences to find a link with a disease, for example—and there will be many sequences that appear meaningful. But most will be the result of chance.  (via The Economist)

Vols fantômes

Déjouer les compagnies d'aviation !

Les chiffres vs l'intangible

Personne, joueur, ananas.

Après l'indice Big Mac, l'indice bière

Analyse de Libération.
Intéressant de voir les prix moyens, mais aussi la différence entre les prix dépanneur et les prix bar.

Passé proche

Si près et si loin d'un match parfait.  Compte rendu de Joe P.

Infrastructures aux USA

Ports that handle the bulk of international trade need coordinated policy to address delays, improve connections to large cities.

Article du WSJ et rapport de Brookings.

Collaboration logistique

Le partage des entrepôts, des camions, des conteneurs, etc.  Intéressant.

Self-service

Les avantages et les désavantages du self-service.

Ça c'est un défi

Portrait du nouveau CEO de Walmart.

“The startup thing sounds cool,” he says. “But I haven’t heard of one yet that is more challenging than what we’re trying to do. If you want hard, try to take a 52-year-old business that’s this size and change it. That’s hard.” Providing jobs to more than 2 million people, he adds, makes it important work too. He pauses. “So if you want to work at Walmart, give me a call.”

La Presse Plus

La stratégie de Gesca et Power Corporation.