Áine Doris

3 weeks ago | leader.co.za | Áine Doris

In 2015, Volkswagen hit international headlines for all the wrong reasons. An investigation led by the US Environmental Protection Agency found the German car-maker guilty of installing software on its diesel-powered vehicles to cheat emissions tests. Dieselgate went on to become one of the biggest scandals in automotive history, costing the company north of $33billion in fines and damages; and CEO Martin Winterkorn his job.

2 months ago | emorybusiness.com | Áine Doris |Hewlett Packard

How can organizations make robust decisions when time is short, and the stakes are high? It’s a conundrum not unfamiliar to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Back in 2021, the FDA found itself under tremendous pressure to decide on the approval of the experimental drug aducanumab, designed to slow the progress of Alzheimer’s disease—a debilitating and incurable condition that ranks among the top 10 causes of death in the United States.

2 months ago | brnw.ch | Áine Doris |Hewlett Packard |Goizueta Effect

How can organizations make robust decisions when time is short, and the stakes are high? It’s a conundrum not unfamiliar to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Back in 2021, the FDA found itself under tremendous pressure to decide on the approval of the experimental drug aducanumab, designed to slow the progress of Alzheimer’s disease—a debilitating and incurable condition that ranks among the top 10 causes of death in the United States.

Dec 4, 2024 | chicagobooth.edu | Áine Doris

Shrinkflation—when companies cut the size of their products but keep the price the same—has become increasingly common in recent years. In 2023, Folgers decreased the volume in its coffee containers, Frito-Lay downsized bags of chips, and NutriSource reduced the size of dog-food packages. Do consumers notice? Apparently not, according to a study of McCormick & Company.

Sep 5, 2024 | emorybusiness.com | Áine Doris |Hewlett Packard

Underfunding is driving an acute shortage of trained nurses in hospitals and care facilities in the United States. It is the worst such shortage in more than four decades. One estimate from the American Hospital Association puts the deficit north of one million. Meanwhile, a recent survey by recruitment specialist AMN Healthcare suggests that 900,000 more nurses will drop out of the workforce by 2027.