Description: Struggling artists and performers sick of waiting on tables find a perfect business in child care. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: July 20, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/fortune/2012/07/20/f-sitters-studio.fortune/ Questions for Discussion: What is the competitive advantage? How would the management of this business be different than at any regular daycare center? What are the unique… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Strategy
Kayak sails into the market
Description: Co-founders Steve Hafner and Paul English discuss the future of the online travel website on the day of its IPO. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: July 20, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/markets/2012/07/20/investing-kayak-ipo.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Describe how Kayak works. How is it better than other online travel websites? How would you design an app for… Read more »
GE sharpens energy focus, forms new units
Description: Conglomerate eyes growth in oil service sector Source: Marketwatch.com Date: July 19, 2012 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ge-sharpens-energy-focus-forms-new-units-2012-07-20 Questions for Discussions: Describe the new organization structure. What is the thinking behind this design? Do you believe it is an improvement?
Yahoo: Help Us, Marissa Mayer. You’re Our Only Hope
Description: The Yahoo! (YHOO) board of directors was leaving nothing to chance. The Internet company is known throughout Silicon Valley as a leaky ship whose internal deliberations often turn up on blogs or in other media outlets. So when the company’s four-member chief executive search team met Google (GOOG) veteran Marissa Mayer for the first… Read more »
Developers Turn to Facebook to Promote Apps
Description: Google Inc. GOOG -1.46%is close to a deal to pay $22.5 million to settle charges related to its surreptitious bypassing of the privacy settings of millions of Apple Inc. AAPL -0.36%users, according to officials briefed on the settlement terms Source: eMarketer.com Date: July 18, 2012 Link: http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1009198&ecid=a6506033675d47f881651943c21c5ed4#11Ii0MFIHpRsgQie.99 Questions for Discussions: Summarize the key strategic… Read more »
Marriott CEO: U.S. must relax visas for tourists
Description: Arne Sorenson, CEO of Marriott, says the U.S. has a lot to gain if it caters to foreign tourists with relaxed visa and customs processes. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: July 13, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2012/07/12/n-marriott-tourists.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussion: How does the visa application process affect the tourist industry in the U.S.? How can… Read more »
Macy’s Wins Against J.C. Penney on Martha Stewart
Description: Macy’s has won an injunction Against Martha Stewart Omnimedia to stop it from selling similar merchandise in J.C. Penney stores. Dana Mattioli has details on The News Hub. (Photo: Getty Images) Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: July 13, 2012 Link: http://live.wsj.com/video/macy-wins-against-jc-penney-on-martha-stewart/3140F6FA-9677-4199-88D7-E243EF64D7A9.html Questions for Discussion: Summarize the issues for all sides in this dispute…. Read more »
The Education of Groupon CEO Andrew Mason
Description: There’s an excellent Japanese restaurant in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. The place has been around for years and still draws a crowd, a trendy mix of tattooed hipsters and business-casual professionals. Black-clad waiters with spiky hair shuttle plates of sashimi, which is pricey but worth it, judging from the reviews on Yelp. On weekend… Read more »
Mobile TV app could upend the cable-broadcast business
Description: Barry Diller, the consummate Hollywood deal maker who revamped the TV business in the 1980s, is back in the media spotlight after a federal judge threw out an injunction against Aereo, the online TV service he backs. Source: GlobeandMail.com Date: July 13, 2012 Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/business-technology/mobile-tv-app-could-upend-the-cable-broadcast-business/article4414783/ Questions for Discussions: What are the issues facing the… Read more »
Google, FTC Near Settlement on Privacy
Description: Google Inc. GOOG -1.46%is close to a deal to pay $22.5 million to settle charges related to its surreptitious bypassing of the privacy settings of millions of Apple Inc. AAPL -0.36%users, according to officials briefed on the settlement terms Source: WSJOnline.com Date: July 10, 2012 Link: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303567704577517081178553046.html Questions for Discussions: Do you think the… Read more »
