Description: Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #794 – Host: Mitch Joel. He is one of the kindest humans that I know. Jonathan Fields (aka the Good Life Guy) is all about delivering insights that spark purpose, possibility, and potential. He’s been on a decades-long quest to discover what makes people come fully alive. Jonathan is… Read more »
Posts Categorized: International Business
Amazon says workers and applicants fired or barred during marijuana screening are now eligible for employment
Description: Amazon is further relaxing its screening policies for marijuana, as it ramps up support for federal legislation to legalize the drug. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Sep 21, 2021 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/21/amazon-will-lobby-government-to-legalize-marijuana.html Questions for discussion: Explain the decision-making followed by the firm to the present day. Why do you suppose attitudes at the firm have… Read more »
Smaller News Audience On Social Media Is Likely Cyclical
Description: The portion of Americans who said they get their news from social media slipped in the past year, a study found. The decline is likely tied to the election cycle, though the coronavirus pandemic isn’t stoking the same public fears as it did in 2020 Source: MediaPost.com Date: Sep 21, 2021 Link: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/367092/smaller-news-audience-on-social-media-is-likely-cy.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=readmore&utm_campaign=123716&hashid=xIhhTnG4Qdmubrqstxmgaw Questions… Read more »
JPMorgan Chase is buying college financial aid platform Frank to deepen ties with students
Description: JPMorgan Chase has acquired college planning platform Frank to deepen relationships with students and their parents, CNBC has learned exclusively. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Sep 21, 2021 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/21/jpmorgan-chase-is-buying-college-financial-aid-platform-frank.html Questions for discussion: How does this strategy make sense from a business growth point of view? How should start-ups like Frank, look at this deal?
This Is Why You Need to Adjust Your Ecommerce-Channel Strategy Today
Description: Ecommerce continues to grow and thrive, but companies must adapt to find real success. Source: Entrepreneur.com Date: Sep 21, 2021 Link: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/385602 Questions for discussion: What does the report say about the changes and new thinking about adjusting strategies? Do you agree with this line of thinking? Do you think it applies across a… Read more »
Tech giants are rushing to develop their own chips – here’s why
Description: Not content with relying on standard chips that are in high demand, some of the world’s biggest tech firms are developing their own semiconductors. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Sep 06, 2021 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/06/why-tesla-apple-google-and-facebook-are-designing-their-own-chips.html Questions for discussion: Why are tech companies interested in developing this area of the business? What are the advantages… Read more »
How Amazon’s cloud business generates billions in profit
Description: Every year since at least 2014, more than half of Amazon’s operating profit has come from the online retailer’s cloud division, Amazon Web Services, which provides online services and tools that software developers can stitch together to run websites and applications. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Sep 05, 2021 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/05/how-amazon-web-services-makes-money-estimated-margins-by-service.html Questions for discussion: Are… Read more »
American Eagle shares drop after revenue falls short, e-commerce sales slow from last year
Description: American Eagle shares tumbled Thursday after the company reported fiscal second-quarter revenue short of analysts’ estimates, as its e-commerce business decelerated compared with the prior year. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Sep 02, 2021 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/02/american-eagle-aeo-q2-2021-earnings.html Questions for discussion: Explain the problems retailers like American Eagle are facing as they adapt to the ever… Read more »
Populists are threatening Europe’s independent public broadcasters
Description: If you can’t take them over, defund them Source: Economist.com Date: Apr 6, 2021 Link: https://www.economist.com/europe/2021/04/06/populists-are-threatening-europes-independent-public-broadcasters?utm_campaign=the-economist-today&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=salesforce-marketing-cloud&utm_term=2021-04-06&utm_content=article-image-2&etear=nl_today_2 Questions for discussion: What are the challenges facing these broadcasters and their management? What advice would you suggest to governments and the public? What would public defunding by governments do to the situation?
The Innovation Imperative: Digitization and decarbonization are picking up speed and policymakers need to be ready
Description: Climate change, environmental sustainability and public health concerns are now the critical lenses through which all potential innovations must be filtered Source: FinancialPost.com Date: Apr 08, 2021 Link: https://financialpost.com/technology/the-innovation-imperative-digitization-and-decarbonization-are-picking-up-speed-and-policymakers-need-to-be-ready Questions for discussion: What are the business and managerial concerns related to the issues developed in this article? How should management prepare to deal with… Read more »
