Description: Commentary: How to make a buck on downward mobility Source: Marketwatch.com Date: 10/06/2011 Link:  http://www.marketwatch.com/story/yearning-for-penney-2011-10-06 Questions for discussion: Do you agree with the assessment presented in the report? Which strategy would you advise management to pursue?
Posts By: Brahm Canzer
BullHorn: Battle of the tech heavyweights
Description:  Apple or Amazon? IBM or HP? Three out of the four are knock-out stocks. Can you guess who has the glass chin? Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: 09/27/2011 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/markets/2011/09/27/mkts_bh_tech_heavyweights.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: Summarize the highlights reported for each firm. Do you agree with the conclusions reported? What advice would you suggest to… Read more »
Amazon Kindle Fire vs Apple iPad: Who’s on Top?
Description: Amazon’s new Kindle Fire, which will offer magazine content and streaming videos, takes aim at Apple’s tablet dominance. How does the Kindle Fire stack up against the iPad 2? Should Apple be worried? Stu Woo and Dan Gallagher join digits. Source: Marketwatch.com – video report Date: 09/29/2011 Link:  http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/amazon-kindle-fire-vs-apple-ipad-who-on-top/5C6B6F81-7958-4EDF-93D3-41DD5322F910 Questions for discussion: Do you… Read more »
Diamond prices, latest frontier in industry battle
Description: Inside the cloistered world of the diamond business Source: Marketwatch.com Date: 09/30/2011 Link:  http://www.marketwatch.com/story/diamond-prices-latest-frontier-in-industry-battle-2011-09-30 Questions for discussion: Why is it difficult to establish a standardized pricing method for diamonds? How are diamond prices established before reaching the retail market? Which system do you believe is a better reporting service?
Cable’s ESPN Dilemma: Wildly Popularâ€â€but Costly
Description: As the Disney-owned network pays more for sports content, cable bills may rise Source: Businessweek.com Date: 09/29/2011 Link:  http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/cables-espn-dilemma-wildly-popularbut-costly-09292011.html Questions for discussion: Summarize the problems described in the article. What are the possible solutions?
Diamond-Crusted Vertu Phone Defies Slump
Description: When Mohammed Al-Haj, a 27-year-old marketing executive in Abu Dhabi, hinted to his girlfriend that he wanted a new cell phone for his birthday, he wasn’t after the latest Apple Inc. (AAPL) or Android device. He wanted a Nokia. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: 09/29/2011 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-28/nokia-s-6-800-diamond-crusted-vertu-phone-defies-slump-to-win-sales-tech.html Questions for discussion: Explain the customer’s behavior in this… Read more »
HP’s decade of mistakes
Description: The firing of CEO Leo Apotheker is just the latest in a 10 year series of strategic and ethical stumbles for the tech giant. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: 09/22/2011 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2011/09/22/t_hp_apotheker_mistakes.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: Summarize the failings of HP’s management? Which do you think was the most damaging to the overall management… Read more »
Did H-P Board Blow it by Selecting Whitman?
Description: WSJ Heard on the Street columnist Rolfe Winkler discusses how Meg Whitman might impact Hewlett-Packard as a corporation now that the board of directors has selected her as the company’s CEO. Source: Marketwatch.com – video report Date: 09/22/2011 Link:  http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/did-h-p-board-blow-it-by-selecting-whitman/D28479BC-4537-4B91-A697-73B13622DC13 Questions for discussion: Do you think the board of directors at HP has made… Read more »
Is Netflix doomed? Remember Krispy Kreme?
Description: Commentary: The world has changed for Netflix Source: Marketwatch.com Date: 09/20/2011 Link:  http://www.marketwatch.com/story/is-netflix-doomed-2011-09-19?siteid=nwtwk Questions for discussion: Summarize the problems facing Netflix today? What strategic changes would you recommend to the firm?
The Russian Twins Behind Hit iPhone App Cut the Rope
Description: Efim and Semyon Voinov are hiring more engineers and expanding their brand into comics and stuffed animals Source: Businessweek.com Date: 09/22/2011 Link:  http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/the-russian-twins-behind-hit-iphone-app-cut-the-rope-09222011.html Questions for discussion: How are these brothers similar to other entrepreneurs? Are there differences in comparison to other entrepreneurs? Do you think their story is any different than others developers? Describe… Read more »