Description: Former Hearst intern Diana Wang says her lawsuit over an unpaid internship at Bazaar has made it difficult to find a full-time job. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Nov 18, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2013/11/18/n-asher-interns-sue-companies-job-prospects.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: What are the ethical and legal issues surrounding internship working conditions and contracts? What are the potential… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Ethics & Social Responsibility
BlackBerry shakeup: Third time’s a charm?
Description: The Canadian phonemaker has seen three management regimes in as many years. Is this the one that will save the company from obsolescence? Source: Fortune.com Date: Nov 25, 2013 Link: http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/11/25/blackberry-shakeup-third-times-a-charm/?iid=F_F500M Questions for discussion: How important is a new management team for the firm at this time? How do think the introduction of yet… Read more »
GE Turns to 3D Printers for Plane Parts
Description: General Electric (GE), on the hunt for ways to build more than 85,000 fuel nozzles for its new Leap jet engines, is making a big investment in 3D printing. Usually the nozzles are assembled from 20 different parts. Also known as additive manufacturing, 3D printing can create the units in one metal piece, through a successive… Read more »
Why Data Analytics is the future of everything
Description: Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and Civis Analytics Chief Executive Officer Dan Wagner discuss the way big data can change everything from corporate strategy to the way people vote. They speak with Trish Regan at Bloomberg’s The Year Ahead: 2014 conference at the Art Institute of Chicago. (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg.com – video report… Read more »
McDonald’s CEO: We will continue our expansion
Description: McDonald’s CEO Don Thompson speaks with Bloomberg Television’s Betty Liu at Bloomberg’s The Year Ahead: 2014 conference at the Art Institute of Chicago. (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Nov 21, 2013 Link: http://bloom.bg/18U53UH#ooid=5zNXBqaDreGgymOn83TY2NeE0R4Ff_Qy Questions for Discussions: What did you learn about CEO Don Thompson and his management style by watching this… Read more »
2013’s top people in business
Description: Fortune’s annual list is filled with executives who defied expectations (buying a newspaper, leaving luxury for Apple), executed big turnarounds, and delivered stellar results for their shareholders. Source: Fortune.com Date: Nov 22, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/gallery/leadership/2013/11/21/business-person-year.fortune/index.html Questions for discussion: What are some fundamental characteristics shared by these managers? Explain their successes? What are the lessons… Read more »
Facebook, Still Dominant, Strives to Keep Cachet
Description: When Evan Spiegel peered into a crystal ball to divine a future for his company, Snapchat, he did not see Facebook. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Nov 17, 2013 Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/18/technology/facebook-strives-to-keep-its-cachet.html Questions for discussion: What does this report suggest about the future for social websites like Facebook and its partners? How do you think Facebook will… Read more »
‘Little Box’ Stores Vie for Black Friday Shoppers
Description: Three years ago, American Express (AXP) claimed the Saturday after Thanksgiving as Small Business Saturday, enticing shoppers with rebates if they swiped their AmEx cards at local independent stores the day after Black Friday’s big-box doorbuster sales. The next year, shopkeepers in Portland, Ore., asked: Why not make Black Friday for small business, too?… Read more »
Messages gone in 10 secs worth billions?
Description: Messaging app Snapchat turned down a reported buyout offer from Facebook for $3 Billion. Laurie Segall reports. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Nov 14, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2013/11/14/t-what-is-snapchat.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: What is the business model for this software? Are the barriers to entry to existing photo sharing software firms likely to prevent them… Read more »
Snapchat, How Quickly You Have Grown
Description: While some might have been shocked this week by the multi-billion dollar offers the start-up Snapchat turned down, I found something else entirely perplexing about the valuation of this little company: just how quickly it grew. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Nov 15, 2013 Link: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/15/from-university-class-project-to-billion-dollar-valuation/?ref=business Questions for Discussions: What does this article have to say… Read more »
