Description: It’s not unusual today for technology companies to pivot — or turn their business in a different direction. In fact, today’s speed of change means pivots, evolutions, or creation of multiple lines of business are probably in most companies’ future. Source: FinancialPost.com Date: Feb 18, 2015 Link: http://business.financialpost.com/2015/02/18/finding-the-rembrandt-in-the-attic-and-having-the-guts-to-make-it-your-business/?__lsa=7a93-d933 Questions for Discussions: What is meant… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Management
Nike collaborating with Sacai
Description: The athletics brand is teaming up with Japanese label to create a capsule collection for women. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: Feb 18, 2015 Link: http://for.tn/1Bn2Ow4 Questions for Discussions: Do you think this strategy makes sense for Nike? What are the managerial challenges facing the firm as it attempts to collaborate with high… Read more »
FUBU CEO: There are no new ideas for businesses
Description: Daymond John breaks down some of the most common mistakes entrepreneurs make. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: Feb 09, 2015 Link: http://for.tn/1D5u2rD Questions for Discussions: Summarize the key ideas for entrepreneurial success as stated by Daymond John. Which do you think is the most important?
4 reasons Walmart is the most-hated retailer in America
Description: If your idea of shopping hell is a trip to Walmart WMT, +0.80% you’re not alone. Source: MarketWatch.com Date: Feb 18, 2015 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/4-reasons-walmart-is-the-most-hated-retailer-in-america-2015-02-18 Questions for discussion: What are the reasons for customer dissatisfaction? What can management do to improve the ranking?
YouTube at 10: How an online video site ate the pop culture machine
Description: It’s a fact easily forgotten, in light of all the fame and the folly that’s followed. But before Justin Bieber was a tabloid fixture, a Calvin Klein model and a teen cult leader, he was a tiny, backlit figure swaying in front of a cinderblock wall, singing Ne-Yo’s “So Sick” in a pre-pubescent tenor…. Read more »
Your Co-Workers Are Mean to You for a Reason
Description: Some of the biggest complaints about corporate life concern co-workers—and what self-interested jerks they can be. Turns out there’s something to the complaints. People at work act more calculating, are more cynical about favors, and are less likely to reciprocate good deeds to co-workers than they are to acquaintances outside work, Stanford researchers say in a forthcoming Academy of Management… Read more »
Robert Herjavec: Why health care companies are susceptible to hacks
Description: Shark Tank’s Robert Herjavec talks with Fortune’s Leigh Gallagher. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: Feb 06, 2015 Link: http://for.tn/1FfA9Ym Questions for Discussions: What does Robert Herjavec have to say about security that should resonate with all IT mangers connected to older systems? How should this problem be managed?
Warby Parker named most innovative company
Description: “Fast Company” is releasing its annual list of the world’s most innovative companies, and this year, Warby Parker claims the number one spot. Source: CBSNews – video report Date: Feb 09, 2015 Link: http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/warby-parker-named-most-innovative-company/ Questions for Discussions: Why did Warby Parker management pick eyewear as an industry to enter? Why does this industry lend… Read more »
Twitter’s user problem overshadows strong revenue increases
Description: The company posted $479 million in quarterly revenue, up a meteoric 97 percent from this time last year. However, the social media giant’s user growth has slowed to a crawl. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: Feb 06, 2015 Link: http://for.tn/1C1nKnj Questions for Discussions: What are the concerns with Twitter that are related to… Read more »
Programmatic to Make Gains in Connected TV, OTT Video
Description: Programmatic digital video ad spending to more than triple this year Source: eMarketer.com Date: Feb 11, 2015 Link: http://www.emarketer.com/Article/Programmatic-Make-Gains-Connected-TV-OTT-Video/1012014/3#sthash.ZIdiuVXV.dpuf Questions for discussion: What is happening in advertising as viewers shift to connected TV? How should advertising managers change their communications strategies, given the ability to target these viewers?
