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by leon on March 04, 2008
Dell's woes continue. Last week, it announced a fall in net income, wiping out completely any increase in sales. The share price, which was up around $30 in November, hit lows at the end of the...
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by leon on February 24, 2008
General Motors Corp Vice Chairman Bob Lutz has come out swinging after his put down of global warming in a closed-door session with journalists.At that session in January, Lutz described global...
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by leon on February 09, 2008
One of the great myths about management is that there are universal rules. There is a dogma, championed by American business schools, that there is only certain sure-fire ways to manage...
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by leon on January 29, 2008
Fascinating study from Harvard Business School's Boris Groysberg showing that women star stock analysts are more likely than men to maintain their star power when they switch companies.The study...
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by leon on January 29, 2008
Much has been said about the war for talent and skills shortages. But it seems some industries and regions will have trouble attracting talent.Russia, Eastern Europe, Middle East and South Asia, and...
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by leon on January 25, 2008
Governments and businesses are now looking at various incentives and penalties for employees to lose weight. but all of these are problematic and simplistic. There is no quick fix to this complex...
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by leon on January 17, 2008
Around the world, the statistics for start-ups are scary. About two out of three first-time start-ups will fail, usually because of cash flow problems and often because stuff happens that hasn't...
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by leon on January 16, 2008
Mattel's recall of some 20 million toys last year highlighted that the old supply chain had changed. About 65 per cent of Mattel's toys are made in China, where about 50 per cent of...
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by leon on January 15, 2008
Does sponsorship deliver bang for the buck? How effective is it as a strategy?Joe Akaoui, the R&D director of marketing analysis firm Integration has some interesting insights in his paper Brand...
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by leon on January 14, 2008
Many years ago, management thinker Gary Hamel was praising Enron just before the energy giant imploded. Never mind, Hamel's ideas are always provocative. And he has maintained that stance in his...
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by leon on January 01, 2008
Winning elections is now more expensive than ever so the parties and candidates are now even more dependent on corporations. As Will Hutton points out in his book The Writing On The Wall, back in...
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by leon on December 14, 2007
More and more companies are now using personality testing to predict job performance. And personality testing is now a huge industry.But a new study, reported here, suggests that the link between...
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by leon on December 11, 2007
The breakaway success of the Chinese economy is one of the most remarkable economic stories of the last decade. No-one could have predicted that a communist state would have turned into one of the...
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by leon on December 08, 2007
Want to take a look into the future to plan your future strategy? That's anyone's guess. But Memebox.com now offers the Future Scanner, a vaguely Digg-tool that gives some hints of future...
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by leon on December 05, 2007
Fresh after acquiring Dow Jones, The Wall Street Journal reports that Rupert Murdoch has bought Beliefnet, the largest online faith and spirtuality network.The mind boggles when you think of how you...
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by leon on December 03, 2007
Why do smart executives make dumb decisions? Why do boards of directors head off in certain directions when you know the result will be spectacularly bad?A lot of it is because of Groupthink, the...
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by leon on November 28, 2007
Like globalisation and information technology, climate change is transforming business, society, politics, workplaces, careers and management. In fact, it might in the end have an even bigger impact...
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by leon on November 14, 2007
The good news is that sustainability is on the boardroom agenda. The bad news is that business doesn't know what to do about it.A new study by the Economist Intelligence Unit, Action or...
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by leon on November 13, 2007
The climate change industry is in its early stages and it's worth monitoring. Business is now obsessed with carbon and carbon neutrality, which is difficult to define because we don't yet...
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by leon on November 12, 2007
Facebook's plans for world domination have been revealed.In an interview in Portfolio.com, the company's chief financial officer Gideon Yu laid his cards on the table. ""There are...
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by leon on October 30, 2007
Climate change will affect businesses enormously. But it's not just about risk mitigation. Climate change also opens new opportunities to develop new markets and strategies. Some interesting...
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