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Best Buy has 60% earnings jump, retail grows for second month- is the economy picking up?
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Do more with less for your business-Segment your customers and suppliers for Internet “self service”
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Aligning human and financial resources, overcoming politics big challenges to innovation says McKinsey study
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Let’s be fair to the BP report for recognizing B2B and Supply Chain control and oversight
The media coverage of the BP report highlights the blame game between BP and its subcontractors. But to be fair to the BP report there is a part in the full BP report (Section 6 Part 5 page 185 of 192) that spells out what BP and the offshore oil drilling industry might like toContinue reading “Let’s be fair to the BP report for recognizing B2B and Supply Chain control and oversight”
B2B contact and verification by patients may be the solution to Medicare Fraud
The 60 minutes story on Medicare fraud (September 2010) highlights a service verification problem that could be potentially tackled by B2B contact and verification. Medicare fraudsters’ modus operandi is to get a list of Medicare patients and just bill Medicare for fictitious supplies to patients. One preposterous example is of a retired Judge who wasContinue reading “B2B contact and verification by patients may be the solution to Medicare Fraud”
Organizatinal change and innovation- understanding tribes in Afghanistan and thinning out
September, 2010 .Face it – innovation and change in organizations is really difficult but most business organizational change and innovation pale in comparison to what Gen Petraeus needs to deliver in Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, we have thousands of years of poor governance compared to the benchmark of the observers’ governance standard of the time. ButContinue reading “Organizatinal change and innovation- understanding tribes in Afghanistan and thinning out”
Highest value of Merger and Acquision (M&A) deals in ten years: $275 B $ in August
What is the operative word in “M&A deals” you might wonder -in this slow economy? Well it is “deal” given the “give-up and get out” mood of a whole bunch of selling businesses. The bright news is that there are a whole bunch of cash rich firms looking for deals in this slow economy and the volume of $275 B $ in August 2010 is the highest in 10 years,
[ Note: This post is from, September 1, 2010 and is updated on May 18, 2021 for formatting only]
Retargeting of Advertising on the Internet- Now Ads follow you around as Google AdWords joins the fray
Recently (August 2010) I was a bit spooked when I found that a particular ad seemed to pop up at several sites that I went to. I was thinking that there must be a real huge online advertising budget in play here. It turns out that there was no big budget but a cookie inContinue reading “Retargeting of Advertising on the Internet- Now Ads follow you around as Google AdWords joins the fray”
How’s the Internet changing your business? USA Today sheds 9% workforce and Telecom shake-up with Google VOIP
The Internet is truly the global life changer.If you can answer just how the Internet is changing your business and act on it – you’ll do great. Consider two recent events: USA Today has shed 9% of the workforce as it tries to go digital. A Communication Professor once told me that Communication and JournalismContinue reading “How’s the Internet changing your business? USA Today sheds 9% workforce and Telecom shake-up with Google VOIP”