Just read (and commented on) a most interesting post over at the Fast Company web site. Seems the folks at Oreo are doing a lot of soul-searching about the addictive, unhealthy and all around negative… Read more »
Thought Sparks
Dysfunctional Competition at WorldCom
A fascinating article in Fortune (August 8 2005, p. 32) details the mass destruction of the telecommunications industry perpetrated by the fraud at WorldCom (now MCI). During its heyday it’s (illegally) efficient cost structure drove… Read more »
HP & Ease of Use
Speaking of easy to use computers, it’s worth remembering that Compaq was a major innovator along this dimension when it first introduced it’s “Presario” line in the late 1990’s. I know – we bought 3… Read more »
HP & Ease of Use
Speaking of easy to use computers, it’s worth remembering that Compaq was a major innovator along this dimension when it first introduced it’s “Presario” line in the late 1990’s. I know – we bought 3… Read more »
Alienware vs. HP differentiator
So how do you differentiate a boring, humble PC? I was asking myself this, along with the “Business Evolutionist” who has a very interesting post with the title “Is Longer Better?” He’s talking about warranties,… Read more »
Academic obviousness
I recently returned from the Academy of Management Meetings in Hawaii (now there’s a sight for you – 7,000 academics running wild on Waikiki beach…). I continue to be struck by the way in which… Read more »
Market Busters Cocktail Party: Academy of Management 2005 Conference, Hawaii
Rita McGrath and Ian MacMillan have returned from the Annual Academy of Management Conference in Honolulu where they hosted a cocktail party in honor of launching Market Busters. Max Boisot, Rita McGrath Melinda Merino, Raymond… Read more »
Ilkone muslim-centric phones
Business 2.0 (August 2005 edition) describes a fascinating innovation: mobile phones specifically targeted at the needs of Muslim users. The Ilkone i800 contains features such as the full text of the Koran in both Arabic… Read more »
Ilkone muslim-centric phones
Business 2.0 (August 2005 edition) describes a fascinating innovation: mobile phones specifically targeted at the needs of Muslim users. The Ilkone i800 contains features such as the full text of the Koran in both Arabic… Read more »
Delivery Trucks go hybrid
A huge ‘tolerable’ in the package-delivery truck business is the outcome of their stop-and-start operations. Fumes, energy inefficiency and attendant environmental damage all have traditionally been tolerated because there was no viable alternative. Federal Express… Read more »
Fixing budget gaming
A most interesting article in the Harvard Management Update (Lauren Keller Johnson – Stamp Out Budget Shenanigans, Harvard Management Update August 2005) outlines some good practices to help address common games people play at budget… Read more »
Don’t call us 2.0 - dumb ad category
So along the ‘don’t call us’ theme, here is an example of a waste of money. The ad appears in the August 2005 issue of Inc, on what would be page 39. “Don’t Call Us.”… Read more »