Any of the completed work from these activities can be converted to face-to-face discussion. Try adapting the content to your specific course format. Using your classroom teams in their online Wiki sites, have students conduct the following studies: Innovation disruption, as presented in the short case on Caretotell this month, often is a strategy alternative…
Using your classroom teams in their online Wiki sites, have students conduct the following studies: Examine an industry that is centered on a dominant design. Review the historical underpinnings that lead to the initial success of the company that forged the dominant design strategy. Examine the competitors and their evolution. Has the configuration of competitive…
Using your classroom teams in their online Wiki sites, have students conduct the following studies: Choose two countries listed on the Big Mac index discussed in this month’s Tech Tips. Conduct a PESTEL analysis of the factors relevant to the fast food industry in each country. Does the Big Mac index provide any insight? Explain.…
Using your classroom teams in their online Wiki sites, have students conduct the following studies: Choose two of the countries listed in the WEF Global Competiveness Index 2012-13 and the Global Innovation Index 2012 studies presented in this month’s research section. Compare and contrast the data provided and conclusions made. What does this information suggest…
Using your classroom teams in their online Wiki sites, have students conduct the following studies: Disruptive innovation in the nonprofit environment is the subject of this month’s news article. Choose two other nonprofits in which disruptive innovation can be identified. Describe the company and its innovation. What makes it disruptive? Is this a sustainable contribution? …
Using your classroom teams in their online Wiki sites, have students conduct the following studies: Review this month’s video clip interview with Union Pacific CEO, John Koraleski. Conduct a study of the major railroads in the US today, focusing on their investments in the transportation infrastructure. In beginning this research, a link of interest is…
Using your classroom teams in their online Wiki sites, have students conduct the following studies: Using the short case this month on art auction houses, prepare an analysis of the four houses (Sotheby’s, Christie’s, Poly Auction, and China Guardian). Suggest the best competitive strategy for each of these houses in order to acquire the maximum…
Using your classroom teams in their online Wiki sites, have students conduct the following studies: Using this month’s video clip on “America Revealed” as a starting point, prepare a study of the state of manufacturing in the US. The BLS provides some statistics of interest. How would you respond to the statement that manufacturing is…
Using your classroom teams in their online Wiki sites, have students conduct the following studies: Look at the Tech Bits article on NewsTrust http://newstrust.net/ in this month’s newsblog. Conduct an analysis of three news articles related to business internationalization. Explain your reasoning for the validity of these articles using the two review forms (rating and…
Using your classroom teams in their online Wiki sites, have students conduct the following studies: Choose three video clips from the Hegeduz World’s “Made in America” series produced for the PBS Nightly Business Report and now available at: http://vimeo.com/hegedusworld/videos. Compare the company histories. Identify central success factors that these companies have in common. Make recommendations…