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 »
Posts Tagged: Ethics & Social Responsibility
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 »
20 Things 20-Year-Olds Don’t Get
Description: I started Docstoc in my 20’s, made the cover of one of those cliché “20 Under 20” lists, and today I employ an amazing group of 20-somethings. Call me a curmudgeon, but at 34, how I came up seems so different from what this millennial generation expects. Source: Forbes.com Date: July 23, 2013 Link:… Read more »
The business of Ashton Kutcher
Description: Ashton Kutcher is more entrenched in the tech world than simply playing the role of Steve Jobs. He actually throws around big dollars investing in some of the hottest startups. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: August 16, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2013/08/16/t-ashton-kutcher-business-steve-jobs.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: Is Ashton Kutcher a typical venture capitalist? Why do you… Read more »
Carlos Brito: (Brew)master of the universe
Description: Carlos Brito is walking the aisles of a vast São Paulo supermarket, continually stopping to pick up pieces of trash — a paper cup, a plastic fork — or to pull certain cartons of beer to the front of the shelves for better visibility. These are the kinds of menial tasks most executives wouldn’t… Read more »
Rhea Lana’s Unpaid Moms ‘Don’t Care About Making Minimum Wage’
Description: Rhea Lana Riner is on a mission to get government off her back. As chief executive and founder of Rhea Lana’s, a children’s consignment franchise business based in Conway, Ark., Riner has been investigated twice in the past two years for labor violations, first by the Arkansas Department of Labor and then by the… Read more »
The 7 Deadly Sins Of Management
Description: A friend and colleague just sent me a blog post about David Ogilvy, the original Mad Man and legendary American advertising guru, and his ideas on management. Some of them are timeless and sharp; some seem dated (especially the conspicuous absence of any references to women). Some make me think he must have been… Read more »
Why the Tumblr Deal Is a Disaster for Entrepreneurs
Description: I have never met a fast-growth entrepreneur that I did not like. Sure, some are weird and scary smart, but what I like about fast-growth entrepreneurs is that most have a riverboat gambling streak that makes them fun, free and a little different from most small-business and corporate types. Source: NYTimes.com Date: June 06,… Read more »
How to do great business in bad zip codes
Description: Lessons from corporate leaders on how to take your business global. Source: Fortune.com Date: June 08, 2013 Link: http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2013/06/08/global-corporate-strategies/?iid=SF_F_River Questions for Discussions: What does the article have to say about how to take your business global? What other ideas do you think are critical for success in international business?
Where cell phones go to die
Description: Much of the world’s electronic waste ends up in Guiyu, China, where old parts are recycled but chemicals like mercury leak into the water. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: May 31, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2013/05/31/t-china-electronic-waste.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Who should be held responsible for e-waste? Explain why the e-waste recycling business is centralized in… Read more »