Facebook Unveils Video Ads to Court TV’s Market

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Description: Facebook Inc. (FB) is releasing its long-awaited video-advertising product today, as the world’s largest social network moves to diversify its revenue by tapping into television-marketing budgets. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: Mar 14, 2014 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-13/facebook-unveils-video-ads-to-court-tv-s-market.html Questions for Discussions: Describe this new business model at Facebook? Do you think it fits into the Facebook user experience?… Read more »

Why Mary Barra has never asked for a raise

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Description: The first female CEO of a major automaker explains her philosophy on climbing up the corporate ladder. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Mar 03, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/magazines/fortune/2014/03/03/gm-ceo-mary-barra-career.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for discussion: What does this report tell you about the personality and character of Mary Barra? Do you think she exemplifies common characteristics in managers… Read more »

What I Learned (the Hard Way) About Outsourcing

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Description: Many businesses outsource work to other countries. But outsourcing can be scary. How do you know you’re not going to be ripped off, with a job that will return half-baked or not at all? Source: NYTimes.com Date: Mar 04, 2014 Link: http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/04/what-i-learned-the-hard-way-about-outsourcing/?ref=smallbusiness Questions for Discussions: What are the lessons learned about outsourcing, as reported… Read more »

Who will occupy RadioShack’s retail desert?

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Description: The electronics chain announced that it will close 1,100 stores. Who will fill all that space? Think burritos. Source: Fortune.com Date: Mar 05, 2014 Link: http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2014/03/05/who-will-occupy-radioshacks-retail-desert/ Questions for Discussions: Why did RadioShack business decline so dramatically? Is there a new business strategy management should consider? What sort of business is likely to fill the… Read more »

‘The Internet of Everything’: Cisco Canada’s president explains why he’s moved past the telework debate

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Description: For Nitin Kawale, the debate over the efficacy of telework in spurring productivity is yesterday’s news. From the vantage point of Cisco Canada‘s president, there’s no longer a debate at all; it’s a revolution that is already underway in most workplaces and is about to enter a much more comprehensive phase — a phase he… Read more »

LinkedIn drama! How to avoid it

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Description: You may have heard about the professional who took heat for aggressively responding to a networking request. Here’s how to avoid such drama. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Feb 28, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2014/02/28/t-how-to-avoid-drama-on-linkedin.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: What are the lessons here for users looking to social networks like LinkedIn as a route to… Read more »

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?