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- Great Intrapreneurs in Business History
- These five products have one thing in common: Each started out as an idea hatched by a mid-level employee — and ended up changing a company or revolutionizing an industry. Post-it Notes Intrapreneurs: Spencer Silver and Art Fry...
- Articles 2008-04-10
- The Secret to Selling Your Big Idea
- You've got a brainstorm. It's bold, it's brilliant — and it might even make you rich. Learn how the pros transform great insights into big career breakthroughs.Every great product or service started out as just a sparkle in someone's eye. Whether you want to invent the next must-have technology or...
- Articles 2008-02-19
- What the Xbox Tells Us About Market Competition
- Academics are increasingly studying strategy and competition in markets dominated by "platforms." What's a platform? They are products created to be platforms on top of which other companies can sell products and services. Cell phones are a platform -- they provided a multi-billion business for ring...
- Blog posts 2008-01-04
- Daily Dispatch: Backdating Conviction, Apple, Microsoft, and Fidelity
- Gregory Reyes became the first CEO convicted of criminal charges related to stock option backdating. The former CEO of Brocade Communications Systems was found guilty on all10 charges and faces up to 20 years in jail. Reyes's case sets a precedent not only for backdating-related convictions, but also...
- Blog posts 2007-08-07
- Transitions at Microsoft Offer a Glimpse of the Future
- Next year, Bill Gates is planning to reduce his role at Microsoft in order to step up his efforts to give away $33 billion through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The New York Times today runs an interview with the Microsoft chairman as well as commentary about the upcoming...
- Blog posts 2007-07-30
- Video: Nurturing New Ideas
- According to recent research, companies that foster innovation grow 5.8 percent faster. As a manager and leader, it's your job to nurture that creativity and welcome new ideas, no matter where they come from. It's not only critical for the growth of your company but for the satisfaction of your...
- Blog posts 2007-06-28
- Five Successful Idea-Sales that Made Careers
- Inside the sales strategies that launched the Xbox, the first reality-TV show, and Enron's big swindle. Microsoft Xbox: Beating Sony at Its Own Game The Product: Electronic gaming platform The Genius: Game Programmer Seamus Blackley The...
- Articles 2007-03-19
- Sony PS3 Biz Up Some, but Division (and Others) Still Gloomy
- For doom and gloom, see Sony's quarterly results. Outside of PlayStation 3 unit sales fueled by new cheaper model and financial services, this is a company that currently excels in shrinking revenue and expanding losses. by Erik Sherman
- Blog posts 2009-10-30
- Obama Using In-Game Advertising
- In another sign that in-game advertising has come of age, the Obama campaign has placed ads urging early voting inside the video game Burnout Paradise. The game, a popular racing title for the XBox 360, has been featuring billboards for the Democratic nominee while players race each other online. ...
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Price Elasticity Smacks Sony, Blu-Ray, Playstation
- You'd think that if a company got rid of the competing technology, it would be able to gain market share. Not so for Sony. Market share for Blu-Ray discs have actually fallen since HD DVD was taken off the market. Grabbing market share is regular DVDs, according to Nielsen VideoScan....
- Blog posts 2008-09-24
- Microsoft Reports Doubling Xbox 360 Sales, Interpretation a Question [UPDATED]
- According to Engadget, Microsoft has doubled sales on all Xbox 360 models between last weekend and the weekend before. I tried called Microsoft's PR agency but didn't receive an answer, so I'm in speculation mode here, but I wonder if the report is entirely accurate, or whether there is significant...
- Blog posts 2008-09-11
- Can Even Microsoft Afford to Buy the Gaming Market?
- This is the day of the big discount: all of Microsoft's Xbox 360 units have officially dropped price by $50, giving the company the cheapest entry point for the would-be gamer. But this smacks of desperation in a whole lot of ways, for example, like this being the second price...
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Change in Iraq Would Have Tech Industry Impact
- One of the potentially clear areas of change in the face of a presidential election is foreign policy. As BusinessWeek pointed out, these are unpredictable times for military deployments and for the defense contractors that provide equipment. But any impact on defense spending won't stop there; many high tech companies...
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- Can Game Consoles Be All Things to All People?
- Remember the concept of the entertainment center? It would be a single piece of furniture in which you could fit a television, audio system, video recorder, and whatever else into a corner of the living room or den. But then the flat panel mounted on the wall, the DVD player...
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- Xbox 360 to Appeal to the Masses, So What the Heck Have They Been Doing?
- Microsoft claims a significant shift in its Xbox 360 strategy, but the explanation rings hollow and raises the question of why the company continues to keep a division that looses billions annually. by Erik Sherman
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Xbox 360 & Netflix Team Up in Streaming Deal
- Deals are a dime a dozen in the new media world, but every now and then, one comes along that seems to provide a window on the future. Today's announcement that Microsoft will team up with Netflix to allow subscribers to stream 10,000 movies and TV shows via their Xbox...
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- Microsoft Xbox 360: Making It Up in Volume
- There's an old business joke about losing money on every unit but trying to make it up on volume. That came to mind when I read of Microsoft's planned price cut on a popular Xbox 360 model to better compete with Sony: As early as Sunday, Microsoft, of Redmond,...
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
- Exciting Times for Netflix, Roku & the Microsoft Xbox 360
- Dan Rayburn submits: ...While some have speculated that the current Roku box can't do HD streaming, and is the reason why Netflix NFLX does not offer HD video quality, this is not the case. Roku confirmed for me yesterday that the current version of its Roku box is currently capable...
- External links 2008-10-30
- Will Microsoft Peak in the Next Few Years?
- Dana Gardner submits: Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect Insights Edition, Vol. 32, a periodic discussion and dissection of software, services, SOA and compute cloud-related news and events, with a panel of IT analysts and guests. In this episode, recorded Oct. 10, 2008, our experts examine the state of Microsoft...
- External links 2008-11-02
- Electronic Arts: Stock Drops on Lowered Guidance
- Ryan Barnes submits: Video game publisher Electronic Arts ERTS just hasn’t been able to find its stride ever since the new game console units came out two years ago. The company discounted the marketability of the Wii, leaving R&D woefully behind for the social phenomenon. Its heralded franchise...
- External links 2008-11-02
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