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• Three Strategy Books for the New Economy

  BNET - 2009-02-25

  In Fast Competition and Flat Denial, Phil Rosenzweig attacks the bulk of strategy books published each year: few of them are fundamentally persuasive or insightful. Most are long on admonition and exhortation â€" Be innovative! Be bold! â€" but short on critical thought. Many suffer from a fatal flaw: They feature...

  Tags: Competency, Management, Michael Fitzgerald, Phil Rosenzweig, Sony Corp., Strategy

• Sony: Why Grandiose Visions Make Grandiose Flops

  BNET - 2009-01-23

  When growth flatlines and profits dwindle, it's time for change. Unfortunately, some executives take it too far. Instead of a straightforward restructuring or change in strategy, they decide it's time to launch a rocket to the moon. But grandiose visions have a huge downside - high risk. Just look at...

  Tags: Job, Sony Corp., Board, Vision, Electronics, CEO, Stringer, Corporate Governance, Strategy, Recruitment & Selection, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Steve Tobak

• Industry Moves: ManiaTV Bulks Up Leadership After Layoffs

  Content Next - 2008-12-08

  ManiaTV has bulked up its management team: adding six seasoned vets from companies like Disney (NYSE: DIS), NBC and Joost just a few weeks after laying off about 20 employees. The bulk of the cuts came on the production side—as the online TV network/content development company said it would...

  Tags: Companies, Entertainment, Human Resources, Industry Moves, Internet, Joost, Layoff, Leadership, Management, ManiaTV, NYSE Euronext, Sales, Sales Strategy, Sony Corp., Strategic Planning, Strategy, Tameka Kee, Team Management, The Walt Disney Co., VP, Workforce Management

• Microsoft, Sony and Ford CEOs to Keynote the 2009 International CES

  - 2008-08-29

  Microsoft's Steve Ballmer, Sony's Sir Howard Stringer and Ford's Alan Mulally to Deliver 2009 CES Keynotes at The Venetian BERLIN -- The Consumer Electronics Association CEA([R]) announced today that the chief executives of Microsoft, Sony and Ford will deliver keynote addresses at the 2009 International CES([R]). Produced by CEA,...

  Tags: Consumer Electronics Association, Ford Motor Co., Leadership, Microsoft Corp., Sir, Sony Corp., Strategy

• Big players meet to shape video gaming's future

  - 2007-07-10

  SAN FRANCISCO, United States AFP — Rival video game console makers and leading software designers are in California to show off what they hope will be this year's blockbuster titles in the multi-billion-dollar industry. An invitation-only E3 Media and Business Summit featuring Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony as well as...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, console, Games, Microsoft Corp., Nintendo Co. Ltd., Sony Corp., Strategy, video

• The BOMA/NY 2006-2007 Pinnacle Awards

  - 2007-03-21

  The Envelope Please ... In the Oscar-style ceremony which has become the signature of the BOMA/NY Pinnacle Awards, some of New York's newest and most high profile buildings--including Time Warner Center, the Sony Building and The Hearst Tower--tool home the coveted statuette representing operational excellence in categories spanning the...

  Tags: Hearst Corp., PRODUCTIVITY, Sony Corp., Strategy, Time Warner Inc., U.S. General Services Administration

• Consoles a strategic play.(CDRInfo )

  - 2006-11-06

  By Paul Sweeting The Web site CDRInfo (www.cdrinfo.com ) has published a helpful list of all the media formats--both packaged and digital--supported by Sony 's PlayStation 3 right out of the cardboard. Though all the information...

  Tags: Blu-ray disc, console, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony Corp., Sony PlayStation 3, strategy

• Be quick or be dead.

  - 2006-03-21

  Byline: Simon Lloyd Mar 21, 2006 (BRW - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Being the first company to release a new product in a particular market bestows a number of advantages on it. For...

  Tags: Apple Inc., Boston Consulting Group Inc., Sony Corp., Strategy

• Is There A Deal In The Making At Sony? It has no shows in the top 50, no news-to-movies bouquet like its rivals, or even a long-term strategy for distribution. So what is Sony Entertainment Television waiting for?

  - 2005-12-18

  Even by the entertainment industry standards, Sony Entertainment Television's SET 10th anniversary bash on October 22 in Mumbai was a spectacle to watch. Stars from its popular shows such as Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin, Yeh Meri Life Hai and CID walked the rEven by the entertainment industry standards, Sony Entertainment...

  Tags: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Sony Corp., strategy, TV

• Stringing along; Sony.(Sony's new boss Sir Howard Stringer announced his new strategy)

  - 2005-10-01

  Timid reforms mean Sony's new boss is making two big gambles Timid reforms mean Sony's new boss is making two big gambles

  Tags: Sony Corp., strategy