Description: CBS, Michael Dell, and others are giving David Agus’s A Short Guide to a Long Life to their employees to encourage good health. Source: Fortune.com Date: Jan 17, 2014 Link: http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2014/01/17/the-20-book-that-companies-are-betting-could-save-100000-or-more/?iid=SF_F_River Questions for Discussions: What is the message to managers and employees? How should management encourage employee compliance in wellness programs?
Monthly Archives: January 2014
Typo, the iPhone cover with a keyboard
Description: Typo, a startup backed by Ryan Seacrest, makes a keyboard that snaps on to iPhones, but the company is being sued by BlackBerry for patent infringement. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Jan 09, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2014/01/08/t-typo-iphone-keyboard.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: What other entrepreneurial opportunities exist for hardware attachments to smartphones? Do you think management… Read more »
Facebook barely scratching the surface of revenue, sales chief says
Description: It’s still early days in the Wild West of digital marketing. At CES, Fortune’s Jessi Hempel sits down with top execs from Facebook, Ford, and Adobe to learn why. Source: Fortune.com Date: Jan 07, 2014 Link: http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2014/01/07/facebook-barely-scratching-the-surface-of-revenue-sales-chief-says/ Questions for Discussions: What do the buisinesspeople in this aricle have to say about generating revenues? Do… Read more »
What Wi-Fi’s Popularity Means for Cell Phone Carriers
Description: David Morken holds a Moto X smartphone out for inspection. “This,” he says, “is a Wi-Fi device.” Morken runs Republic Wireless, a national carrier based in Raleigh, N.C., that offers unlimited calls and texts for $5 per month, $40 if you want unlimited data. Republic keeps its prices low by avoiding something most carriers… Read more »
The mega-corporation is dead; long live mega-networks
Description: Is the world’s economy increasingly being dominated by a handful of corporations, or are things becoming more competitive? Source: SmartPlanet.com Date: Jan 05, 2014 Link: http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/the-megacorporation-is-dead-long-live-mega-networks/?tag=nl.e660&s_cid=e660&ttag=e660&ftag=TRE4eb29b5 Questions for Discussions: What is the meant by the term “mega-network”? Do you think that this is the reality today?
NPR: Planet Money’s T-Shirt Project – ‘Our Industry Follows Poverty’: Success Threatens A T-Shirt Business
Description: NPR’s Planet Money team is making a T-shirt and following the shirt around the world as it gets manufactured — from the farms where the cotton is grown to the factories where the shirts are sewn together. NPR presents the entire series of stories about the fascinating world behind that T-shirt at http://www.npr.org/series/248799434/planet-moneys-t-shirt-project …. Read more »
How HSN’s on-air stars drive business
Description: HSN CFO Judy Schmeling explains how celebrities and partnerships with iconic brands allows HSN to ‘tap in’ to new consumers. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Dec 26, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/magazines/fortune/2013/12/26/f-l-hsn-brands.fortune/index.html Questions for Discussions: What did you learn about management thinking at HSN by watching this report? What lessons apply to businesses in general?
Designer makes clothes in New York City
Description: Nanette Lepore preserves the apparel manufacturing tradition of the garment district in the heart of Manhattan. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Dec 27, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2013/12/27/n-new-york-city-designer-makes-clothes-in-manhattan.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: How has the clothing manufacturing business changed, according to the report? Why would domestic manufacturers still insist on importing goods produced overseas? How important… Read more »
In-App Purchases Take Over App Revenues
Description: Free apps with in-app purchases account for nearly all nonadvertising revenues Read more at Source: eMarketer.com Date: Dec 30, 2013 Link: http://www.emarketer.com/Article/In-App-Purchases-Take-Over-App-Revenues/1010491#ODxGOkr4cZ3mCQV5.99 Questions for Discussions: Are you surprised by these results? What strategies should managers be developing?
A Holiday Retail Lesson for Small Business: Be More Like Amazon
Description: Here are three things we just learned about Christmas commerce in 2013: Source: Businessweek.com Date: Dec 27, 2013 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-12-27/a-holiday-retail-lesson-for-small-business-be-more-like-amazon#r=nav-f-blog Questions for Discussions: What is the advice presented to small retailers? Do you think small business managers can and will respond?
