Authors Lafley and Martin bring their combined academic and business experience to bear in developing their recipe for building successful strategy. Lafley is the former Chairman and CEO of Procter & Gamble. Martin is the Dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. With over twenty years of working together, the…
Author Brad Feld, is a serial entrepreneur who now applies his knowledge to building successful, entrepreneurial cities. Using his experience with the city of Boulder, CO, Feld develops a model for building entrepreneurial ecosystems that can be transferred to any city that has the resources necessary for successful venturing. After a brief review of generally…
With the recent acquisition of the news app company, Summly, Yahoo continues its current trend to purchase innovative offers rather than design its own. Over the course of the last year, it acquired six start-up companies: Snip.It, OnTheAir, Jybe, Stamped, Alike, and Propeld. These companies add to Yahoo’s strategy to develop its mobile social marketing…
The Economist presents the latest Barbie Paradox index first formulated by economist, Matthew Notowidigdo. The “Barbie I can be” collection offers a wide variety of “dressed for success” career dolls that include the necessary accessories for participating in the related career. In theory, the dolls cost the same to make and have equivalent accessories. As…
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…
Linking virtual learning to student free-time
A recent article by the PRNewswire reviewed the online and mobile video presentation initiatives currently in place at Babson College. Using the Brainshark, Inc platform, students and faculty create and exchange virtual multimedia presentations that augment the face to face and online teaching environments. The cloud-based system is delivered on a variety of mobile devices,…
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