Instagram Does Damage Control. Can It Keep Its Core Users?

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Description: Once Instagram courted professional photographers. On Dec. 17, it kicked them in the teeth—or so the reaction to the photo-sharing site’s new terms of service suggests. On Instagram, professional photographers were not pleased. Source: Businessweek.com Date: Dec 18, 2012 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-12-18/instagram-does-damage-control-dot-can-it-keep-its-core-users#r=hp-lst Questions for Discussions: What happened in this management decision-making fiasco? Do you think… Read more »

Are executives too big to jail?

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Description: Critics ask why many bankers don’t face money-laundering charges Source: Associated Press: VancouverSun.com Date: Dec 19, 2012 Link: http://www.vancouversun.com/business/executives+jail/7719105/story.html#ixzz2FVWyW6mP Questions for Discussions: Do you think some executives should be jailed? What are the implications if they are and what are the implications if they are not jailed? How should financial penalties be decided in… Read more »

Anti-Gravity Innovation

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Description: Bloomberg Enterprise is your exclusive look at the leadership and strategy behind America’s most intriguing and growing businesses. This week, how Alter-G founder Sean Whalen is defying gravity with his father’s space-age idea. Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Dec 12, 2012 Link: http://bloom.bg/VW7Nzj#ooid=Z5YTBsNzq5GPGYjbHWD0nCyEvAxQtIt8 Questions for Discussions: What are the product development possibilities for… Read more »

EA’s Moore Says Mobile Gaming Future of Industry

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Description: Peter Moore, chief operating officer at Electronics Arts Inc., talks about the transition to mobile gaming and EA’s games. He speaks with Cory Johnson on Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg West.” Bloomberg’s Deirdre Bolton also speaks. Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Dec 07, 2012 Link: http://bloom.bg/UCDhpx#ooid=Rsd2JsNzqa56Bz9ML2QeDhgQtZjqUG1i Questions for Discussions: Summarize the trends taking place in… Read more »

Walmart vs. Union-Backed OUR Walmart

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Description:  Cindy Murray has been working at Walmart store No. 1985 in Laurel, Md., for 13 years. She’s stationed in the fitting rooms and earns $12.40 an hour. Murray, who’s in her fifties, says she loves her job. She thinks of herself as a model employee. Source: Businessweek.com Date: Dec 13, 2012 Link:  http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-12-13/walmart-vs-dot-union-backed-our-walmart#r=hp-ls Questions… Read more »

In an era of mobile apps, is there room for the children’s toy?

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Description:  Fourteen years ago, Hasbro unleashed a small, furry, wide-eyed toy into the world. It came in wild colors, spoke a strange language and disliked when its owner held it upside down. Source: SmartPlanet.com Date: Dec 13, 2012 Link: http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/report/in-an-era-of-mobile-apps-is-there-room-for-the-childrens-toy/752?tag=main;carousel Questions for Discussions: How does the report respond to the question in the title? What… Read more »

Retailers Use Technology to Manage the Holiday Rush

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Description:  A Thanksgiving weekend study (PDF) by small business finance provider Capital Access Network shows a 3.9 percent increase in same-store credit and debit-card sales at Main Street restaurants and merchandisers, compared to the same period in 2011. A recent look at how Etsy sellers are faring this holiday season indicates that sleepless nights lie… Read more »

What Shutterfly learned from Instagram

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Description: Shutterfly CEO Jeffrey Housenbold talks about how the popular smart phone photo app changed his company. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: 04, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2012/12/04/t-shutterfly-instagram.fortune/ Questions for Discussions: What does this report tell you about strategic management thinking and philosophy at Shutterfly? What did Shutterfly learn by studying Instagram?

Old school bookstore thrives in NYC

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Description: The Strand Bookstore in New York has held on for over 80 years despite the changing city around it. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Dec 07, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/smallbusiness/2012/12/07/sbiz-old-bookstore-the-strand-new-york.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Describe the similarities and differences between the operations of this book store and online competitors? Who is the target customer for… Read more »

6 reasons manufacturing is returning to North America

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Description:  Lower transportation costs, competitive wages, technology and employee productivity have made North America a manufacturing destination. In a sign of this manufacturing renaissance, GE, one of the world’s largest appliance manufacturers, gearing up its almost-dormant Louisville facilities for new product development and production. Source: SmartPlanet.com Date: Dec 05, 2012 Link:  http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/6-reasons-manufacturing-is-returning-to-north-america/7422?tag=nl.e660&s_cid=e660 Questions for Discussions:… Read more »