Description: Lending Club Founder and CEO Renaud Laplanche is disrupting traditional banking by getting investors to lend directly to consumers online. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Oct 25, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2013/10/25/investing-lending-club-peer-to-peer-loans-banking.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: Describe the business model presented in this report. What are the pros and cons to the regular banking system? Do… Read more »
Monthly Archives: October 2013
Callaway Golf swings closer to profits
Description: Chip Brewer, president and chief executive officer at Callaway Golf recaps third-quarter results and what the company is doing to grow sales and develop new products. He speaks on Bloomberg Television’s “In The Loop.” Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Oct 24, 2013 Link: http://bloom.bg/1chkmh6 Questions for Discussions: How has Callaway product development contributed… Read more »
Iconic Boeing 747 Could Be Nearing It’s End
Description: For decades, the Boeing 747 was the Queen of the Skies. But the glamorous double-decker jumbo jet that revolutionized air travel and shrunk the globe could be nearing the end of the line. Source: HuffingtonPost.com Date: Oct 24, 2013 Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/24/boeing-747-end_n_4157063.html Questions for discussion: Explain the reasons for the long-term success of this airplane…. Read more »
Facebook Looks Beyond the Social Media Part of Its Business
Description: Facebook is no longer positioning itself as just a social media solution. Carolyn Everson, Facebook’s vice president of global marketing solutions, spoke with eMarketer’s Rimma Kats about the key role social advertising and real-time marketing play for the company’s clients, as well as how mobile is constantly opening up opportunities. Source: eMarketer.com Date: Oct… Read more »
The Price Of Personalization
Description: What kind of advertising do you want? It’s a serious question. It’s a question that most consumers don’t ask themselves, but they should. Source: Twist.com Date: Oct 25, 2013 Link: http://www.twistimage.com/blog/archives/the-price-of-personalization/ Questions for Discussions: What is the difference between privacy and personalization? How should managers deal will this debate?
Can anything slow Chipotle down?
Description: Shares of Chipotle hit all-time highs after the restaurant chain reported a 6% surge in same-store sales. It seems consumers can’t resist affordable food luxuries, as shares of Starbucks, Whole Foods and Dunkin’ Brands have also reached new heights. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Oct 18, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2013/10/18/investing-the-buzz-chipotle-fast-food-starbucks-dunkin-whole-foods.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: Who… Read more »
Can this underdog crack Google’s search engine monopoly?
Description: First there were the Googles and Yahoos of the world, and now, there’s Blippex. Based in Berlin, the new search engine ranks results by time people spend on a page — and it doesn’t collect personal information. Bloomberg Television spoke to the Blippex founder. (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Oct 18,… Read more »
The Dow is not the market!
Description: Even though the Dow was down nearly 100 points Monday morning, it was only because of big drops in three stocks. Other indexes were not hit as hard. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Oct 17, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2013/10/17/investing-buzz-dow-jones-industrial-average-stock-market-ibm-goldman-sachs.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for discussion: What is The Dow? Explain the reason for the drop. Should investors… Read more »
Stan Lee’s New Superhero Fights for Truth, Justice, and the Indian Way
Description: Stan Lee, the comic book legend who co-created such enduring superheroes as Spider-Man and the X-Men, shared plans this week for his latest creation: an Indian superhero named Chakra. Source: Businessweek.com Date: Oct 16, 2013 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-10-18/stan-lees-new-superhero-fights-for-truth-justice-and-the-indian-way#r=hp-ls Questions for Discussions: Explain the strategic thinking of developing an Indian superhero? Do you believe the target… Read more »
Nissan’s failed ‘Taxi of Tomorrow’
Description: Hail a yellow cab in New York City today, and you could be stepping into a dog’s breakfast of vehicles, ranging from a cavernous Toyota (TM) Sienna minivan to a claustrophobic Ford Escape crossover. After climbing into the rear seat, you may find yourself nostalgic for a yellow Crown Victoria, an obsolete sedan that… Read more »
