Description: Employees of the big box store are planning a national day of protest for higher wages. Economist Richard Vedder on why we’ll all be in trouble if they get their way. Source: Thedailybeast.com Date: Sep 05, 2013 Link: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/05/why-we-ll-be-better-off-if-the-walmart-protests-fail.html Questions for Discussions: How would a jump in minimum wage to $12/hour affect companies now… Read more »
Posts By: Brahm Canzer
Ford Fusion now made in U.S.
Description: For the first time, Ford Fusion vehicles are being built just outside Detroit, a positive sign that the automotive industry is bringing production back to the U.S. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: August 26, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2013/08/29/n-ford-fusion-detroit-plant.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: What do you think motivated Ford management to start building Ford Fusion in the… Read more »
Wal-Mart’s plan sells ‘American made’
Description: Wal-Mart SVP Michelle Gloeckler explains her company’s $50 billion dollar effort to sell more American made goods over the next ten years. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: August 28, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2013/08/28/n-cmr-walmart-made-in-usa.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: Why do you suppose Wal-Mart management is motivated to lead the way in more American-made product sales? Do… Read more »
Inside YouTube’s new LA studio
Description: YouTube’s newest office space is a professional television studio that is free to use for its most popular content creators. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: August 26, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2013/08/26/t-youtube-studio-la.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: What is YouTube’s management’s thinking behind providing free-access production studios to their top channels? Do you think they should also… Read more »
Post-Ballmer, Microsoft Must Focus on Products to Avoid Extinction
Description: Whip out the elegant, light, superthin Asus (2357:TT) Zenbook on an airplane, and you’re sure to attract stares. The PC stands out even more with Microsoft’s (MSFT) Windows 8 software, its touchscreen full of colorful tiles promising a glimpse of the future. But that view starts to get foggy when Windows 8 tries to work with… Read more »
‘Plants vs. Zombies 2’ At Nearly 25 Million Downloads In Under Two Weeks
Description: “Why is everything moving to freemium?” the gamer crowd cries, myself included, much of the time. Source: Forbes.com Date: Sep 01, 2013 Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2013/09/01/plants-vs-zombies-2-at-nearly-25-million-downloads-in-under-two-weeks/ Questions for Discussions: What is “freemium”? Describe how the company intends to make money using this business model? What are the pros and cons of using this model? Do you… Read more »
Priceline CEO: Opportunity in mobile
Description: With Priceline stock on a tear, CEO Jeffery Boyd says ‘the shift to mobile is one of the most important transitions we’ve seen’ and consumers are starting to really change their travel booking behaviors. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: August 22, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2013/08/22/n-priceline-ceo-jeffery-boyd-mobile-travel-booking.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: What strategic advantage does Priceline… Read more »
Zuckerberg’s plan to connect the world
Description: Mark Zuckerberg is launching Internet.org to connect the five-billion people without Internet access. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: August 20, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2013/08/20/t-zuckerberg-cuomo-internet.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: What benefits would be derived from Internet.org? Do you think Zukerberg and Facebook have the panache to successfully lead such a global effort and achieve the… Read more »
Twitter Co-Creator Ev Williams Stretches the Medium
Description: The Internet’s last decade and a half of development as a forum for short, zippy, and often snarky writing has taken place in large part on platforms built by Ev Williams. A farm boy from Clarks, Neb., Williams, 41, dropped out of the University of Nebraska and worked his way west to California, first… Read more »
A PUSH FOR HARMONY AMONG WORKERS, YOUNG AND OLD
Description: There’s a sense of urgency to the quest for workplace harmony, as baby boomers delay retirement and work side-by-side with people young enough to be their children — or grandchildren. Source: AP.com Date: August 13, 2013 Link: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/push-harmony-among-workers-young-and-old Questions for Discussions: What are the fundamental work-related problems for firms with employees from different age groups? Describe… Read more »
