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Over-excitement or disappointment from wannabe buyers on eBay is commonplace. But will all that change with the proliferation of double-sided markets that bring together buyers and sellers to fix prices and exchange goods more efficiently? Calculating risk on a double-sided market is complex, so much so that game theorists have not been able to understand how it's done, says Peter Bossaerts, a professor at the California Institute of Technology. However, people are surprisingly comfortable with this complexity -- and that's why human traders continue to outstrip machines.

Over-excitement or disappointment from wannabe buyers on eBay is commonplace. But will all that change with the proliferation of double-sided markets that bring together buyers and sellers to fix prices and exchange goods more efficiently? Calculating risk on a double-sided market is complex, so much so that game theorists have not been able to understand how it's done, says Peter Bossaerts, a professor at the California Institute of Technology. However, people are surprisingly comfortable with this complexity -- and that's why human traders continue to outstrip machines.

Change is inevitable but successfully implementing it is one of the trickiest tasks facing managers. Organisational changes can be mightily expensive, both now and in the future, not least because employees have long memories. And it's not only the big adjustments, such as mergers and downsizing, which impact. Even small details like a logo change can affect an employee's sense of workplace identity. Alannah Rafferty, a lecturer in Organisation and Management at the Australian School of Business, says communication and consultation are the keys to all successful changes, even as those die-hard cynics are digging in their heels.

Change is inevitable but successfully implementing it is one of the trickiest tasks facing managers. Organisational changes can be mightily expensive, both now and in the future, not least because employees have long memories. And it's not only the big adjustments, such as mergers and downsizing, which impact. Even small details like a logo change can affect an employee's sense of workplace identity. Alannah Rafferty, a lecturer in Organisation and Management at the Australian School of Business, says communication and consultation are the keys to all successful changes, even as those die-hard cynics are digging in their heels.

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