BlackBerry’s turnaround strategy

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Description: BlackBerry CEO John Chen talks about the need for the struggling phone maker to keep enterprise customers. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Feb 26, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2014/02/26/t-blackberry-ceo-chen-mwc.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for discussion: What is John Chen’s turn around strategy for BlackBerry? Do you think it will succeed?

Netflix’s Reed Hastings: The man to watch

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Description: With 44-million subscribers and counting, Netflix is changing the way we watch TV and movies. The man with the remote? Co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Feb 21, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2014/02/21/n-netflix-ceo-reed-hastings-business-of-being.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: Identify the key decisions taken by management that either boosted or hurt Netflix growth? What… Read more »

At Hasbro, Girls Toys Become a Big Market

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Description: Shortly after joining toymaker Hasbro (HAS) as a senior executive more than a decade ago, Brian Goldner took his 5-year-old daughter, Brooke, on a tour of headquarters. She wasn’t impressed. “She put her hands on her hips and said, ‘Dad, the way I see it, you don’t have any toys for girls,’?” recalls Goldner,… Read more »

World’s Most Admired Companies

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Description: Atop our annual ranking: innovators, disrupters, and companies that overcome adversity. (And a familiar No. 1.) Source: Fortune.com Date: Feb 28, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/most-admired/2014/snapshots/670.html?iid=SF_F_River Questions for Discussions: What are the characteristics shared by many of these companies? How important is the perception of the firms’ management and products in making this evaluation?

How Zappos will run with no job titles

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Description: Zappos is transitioning to a new organizational structure. It’s not what you’re used to, and it’s not a democracy. Here’s a look at how a company can run as a holacracy. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Feb 21, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2014/02/17/n-zappos-holacracy-no-job-titles.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: What is this new management practice all about? Is… Read more »

WhatsApp: From food stamps to billions

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Description: Facebook spent $19 billion on WhatsApp, turning its founders Jan Koum and Brian Acton into sensational Silicon Valley success stories. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Feb 20, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2014/02/20/t-whatsapp-founders-food-stamps-to-billionaires-facebook.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: What is the main lesson to entrepreneurs in this report? What lesson is there for HR department managers examining job… Read more »

Models hit runway in 3D printed clothing

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Description: Designers are seeing benefits in going high tech, printing out clothing with details as precise as a tenth of a millimeter small. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Feb 21, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2014/02/20/t-3d-printing-fashion-show.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for discussion: What are the implications for design and production management as this technology grows in the fashion industry? Where… Read more »

Why Hollywood Struggles to Quickly Clone Animated Hits

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Description: With the runaway success of Disney’s (DIS) Frozen and the explosive opening of Warner Bros.’s (TWX) The Lego Movie, animated films have had a great run in recent months. When a live-action movie becomes a big hit, it’s not long before imitators—both real and imagined—show up on the horizon. Doing the same in the animation world… Read more »

Does entrepreneurial experience guarantee future startup success? Not really, study says

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Description: Over the course of my career, I’ve encountered many self-described “serial entrepreneurs” — those who have made a career path out of launching new ventures, then moving on to the next. While the people I’ve met appear to have had strings of apparent successes, is entrepreneurial experience a predictor of future success? Source: SmartPlanet.com… Read more »

Coffee Following Upward Trend of Luxury Goods: Illy

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Description: Andrea Illy, chairman & CEO at Gruppo Illy, discusses the growing market for premium coffee, his company’s partnerships with Coca-Cola and Samsung, and offers his view of Italy’s economy on Bloomberg Television’s “Market Makers.” Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Feb 14, 2014 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/videos/2014-02-14/coffee-following-upward-trend-of-luxury-goods-illy Questions for Discussions: What does this report tell you… Read more »