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- Bidding Farewell to the Baby Boomers
- Young professionals smile at the thought of opportunities likely to open up for them as a wide swath of the workforce retires in the next decade. Conventional wisdom says companies will be hard-hit as the baby boomer generation vacates key management positions to spend more time on the fairway, but...
- Blog posts 2007-07-12
- Microsoft's Search Strategy Goes Vertical
- How often do you query the Web through MSN or Windows Live? Right, and that's one of Microsoft's biggest problems. Hardly anyone uses its online search services, which means it's losing out big time on advertising opportunities. The Google brand of Internet search is so far ahead and has stood...
- Blog posts 2007-06-27
- Now Boarding: Southwest Airlines Goes International
- Southwest Airlines has built its reputation -- and profit leadership -- on a low-cost domestic carrier strategy. Now, Southwest is closer than ever to offering international flights. Gary Kelly, the company's chief executive, spoke earlier this week in Baltimore and gave some detail into their international expansion strategy. Two distinct...
- Blog posts 2007-06-21
- Another Acronym: What Is BPM?
- Business management is home to more three-letter acronyms than any other profession, with the possible exception of aviation. And many of the most jargony abbreviations seem to be little more than a re-packaging of old ideas, or a slight variation of a proven concept. So what should you make of...
- Blog posts 2007-05-31
- Toyota Sales and Marketing Get Lean
- Toyota is famous for lean manufacturing, but the No. 1 automaker applies the whole lean philosophy way beyond the production floor. Lean is a "knowledge environment," says Nick Dieltsien, who's responsible for strategic planning at Lexus Europe. In an interesting video from Nimbus Consulting (7:06), Dieltsien explains how and why...
- Blog posts 2007-05-25
- BNET Daily Dispatch: Blackstone, Toyota, Russia, and the Fed
- The Blackstone Group is in a deal to acquire Alliance Data Systems, a leading provider of transaction, credit, and marketing services, for $6.76 billion. This deal marks the second business services company buyout this week -- private equity firms are attracted to the sector because the companies tend...
- Blog posts 2007-05-17
- Executives Beware the Fossilized Worldview
- There's a big risk that comes with success: over-reliance on the ideas and methods that got you there. The business environment evolves constantly and a well-defined worldview can stifle innovation and spell disaster for you and your company. Charles Ehin, Professor of Management and author of Unleashing Intellectual Capital and...
- Blog posts 2007-05-09
- Technology Pros Get a Mixed Career Bag
- Good news for the IT world: average compensation for technology managers has finally entered the six-digit realm, according to new survey results from InformationWeek IW. The results suggest that average IT managers earn $105,000 annually in cash salary and bonuses. But it's not all good news: automation and offshoring still...
- Blog posts 2007-05-01
- BNET Daily Dispatch: Wal-Mart, P&G, Oracle, and Patent Law
- A 200-page study released today by Human Rights Watch claims that Wal-Mart has repeatedly broken the law by eavesdropping on employee conversations, tracking employees with surveillance cameras, and firing pro-union workers to prevent its workforce from organizing. Wal-Mart vehemently defended its labor practices, and a spokesman said Wal-Mart gives employees...
- Blog posts 2007-05-01
- Project Management Myths
- The president of Samsung Latin America views project management as the key to the success for his entire company. In a recently published executive guide by the Project Management Institute PMI, leaders at EDS, Volkswagen, Ness Technologies, and IBM all echo his view. The key, they say, is to...
- Blog posts 2007-03-15
- BNET Dispatch: March 13, 2007
- Sprint Nextel has cautiously begun offering unlimited wireless calling plans that could, analysts say, rock the competition in both wireless and landline industries. The new service plan offers unlimited voice, text-messaging, and data services for $120 a month. Private industry consultants say consumers are more than willing to pay a...
- Blog posts 2007-03-13
- What Makes Silicon Valley Succeed?
- When you think of Silicon Valley, what's the first thing that comes to mind? Most likely it's something having to do with computers and the internet. But an intriguing article from today's NY Times reports that managers in the region have a more expansive idea of what they're all about:...
- Blog posts 2007-03-14
- The Perennial Struggle: Continuous vs. Breakthrough Innovation
- Google will be at the 2007 World Innovation Forum to talk about how they develop breakthrough innovations. Meanwhile, GE uses Six Sigma continuous process improvement CPI to stay near the top of Fortune’s most admired companies list. Google is all about rule-breaking creativity; GE is about the incremental pursuit of...
- Blog posts 2007-02-27
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- BNET Daily Dispatch: Coca-Cola, Facebook, Gap, and Google
- Coke last night agreed to pay $4.1 billion for Glaceau, bottler of the Vitaminwater brand of non-carbonated drinks. The acquisition is by far the largest in Coke's history, and represents a big move to compete against Pepsi in the fast-growing non-carbonated beverage market. Coke's soft drink sales volume...
- Blog posts 2007-05-25
- Daily Dispatch: Apple, Lehman Brothers, Intel, and Retail Losses
- At Apple's World Wide Developers Conference yesterday, chief executive Steve Jobs unveiled a near-final version of the Leopard OS X operating system and announced a new version of its Safari Web browser that will run on Windows. The move reignites the Windows-Mac browser wars of the 1990s, and...
- Blog posts 2007-06-12
- BNET Dispatch: FedEx, Virgin Atlantic, The Fed, and Oracle
- FedEx incurred its first decline in profits in more than three years. The express delivery company also alerted investors that it may fall short of its long-term profit target for this year. As FedEx gets deeper into its strategy of becoming integrated within global corporate supply chains, analysts say it...
- Blog posts 2007-03-21
- BNET Daily Dispatch: Home Depot, Microsoft, Tesco, and the U.S. Dollar
- Home Depot announced today the largest environmental labeling initiative in the history of American retailing. The program will tag almost 3,000 products with the "Eco Option" label, indicating superior environmental performance. “Who in the world has a chance to have a bigger impact on this sector than Home Depot?” said...
- Blog posts 2007-04-17
- Dell Computers for All of China (and Nobody Gets Canned)
- Despite a hefty dose of skepticism, Dell today took the first step toward realizing the holy grail of PC revenue growth and avoiding layoffs -- it launched a new computer for the China market. It's called the EC280, and it's 69 percent cheaper than anything else on the company's China...
- Blog posts 2007-03-21
- BNET Daily Dispatch: IBM, Cablevision, Sprint Nextel, and Dow Jones & Co.
- IBM is planning to cut 1,315 U.S. jobs, according to reports yesterday from a union group attempting to organize IBM employees. The company's chief financial officer, Mark Loughridge, said "[IBM is] putting in place a series of actions to address our U.S. cost base, including a basic focus...
- Blog posts 2007-05-02
- BNET Daily Dispatch: Alltel, IBM, EMI, and China - Blackstone
- The largest buyout deal in telecommunications history was agreed upon last night when Alltel accepted a $27.5 acquisition offer from a consortium of private equity firms, including the Texas Pacific Group and Goldman Sachs' private equity branch. Alltel chief executive Scott Ford said the buyout "delivers substantial and...
- Blog posts 2007-05-21
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