This year (2012) there seems to be a marked and discernible change in this gathering’s tone and tenor. Leaders of both Governments and Businesses seem to realize that becoming richer and richer is probably not enough. This realization as capitalism,democracy and affluence rises worldwide , 1 billion more global middle class by 2020 according to Muhtar Kent of Coca Cola ( see accompanying video). Here is some interesting stuff to think about from happenings at Davos in 2012:
Category Archives: Business-to-Government Strategy
Doctor private practices are caught up in $1 Trillion health insurance B2B negotiations
Call it the mother of all high value B2B negotiations– estimated at $1 Trillion and 40% of total health-care spending in the US. This from research by Robin Lee of NYU who made a great presentation of his work at Yale School of Management, last month. When you hear of doctors going broke with privateContinue reading “Doctor private practices are caught up in $1 Trillion health insurance B2B negotiations”
As the economy turns around in 2012: re-training opportunities in the healthcare value chain
As 2011 winds down there is positive news in the quarterly jobless numbers,in real estate and the stock market. 2012 should be better than the last four years of the recession. OK it may not be boom time but there does appear to be the right signals for at least modestly better economic times aheadContinue reading “As the economy turns around in 2012: re-training opportunities in the healthcare value chain”
AT&T and T-Mobile merger off: when upstream supply chain consolidation alarms consumers
Supply chain consolidation is a huge mantra in supply management. When you consolidate supplies with fewer suppliers, things become easier to manage . And this is exactly what At&T was trying to do by buying up T-Mobile so that all that wireless bandwidth became available to feed the zooming demand for wireless data via mobileContinue reading “AT&T and T-Mobile merger off: when upstream supply chain consolidation alarms consumers”
Integrating web marketing to Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC)
It was in the 1990's that IMC started getting popular in marketing. The Internet was just getting started and social media was in the distant horizon.By the early 2000's organizations particularly in consumer products started figuring out IMC between their packaging,billboards,TV ads,magazine and newspaper ads and Point of Sale materials. The time has now comeContinue reading “Integrating web marketing to Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC)”
Dow over 12,000: Globalization can work on the governance side as six Central Banks Co-ordinate.
That the Dow closed over 12,000 today is great news.The European debt crisis had cast a pall of gloom across stock markets worldwide and in the US things looked bleak till the news that six Central Banks of the world had come together to enhance financial liquidity in their respective markets. If the "Occupy Movement"Continue reading “Dow over 12,000: Globalization can work on the governance side as six Central Banks Co-ordinate.”
The 16$ muffin and understanding B2G and B2B buying and payment processes
The 16$ muffin has outraged Americans given that you can get a fairly decent muffin for about $2. In fact, Senator Chuck Grassley has asked for "heads to roll" and BBC has run a story of how impossible it is to come up with a$16 muffin. Given the B2B and also B2G focus of thisContinue reading “The 16$ muffin and understanding B2G and B2B buying and payment processes”
America Invents Act 2011 to become law next week: how it might create jobs
President Obama's jobs speech of Thursday signalled the massive reform of US patent law to spur innovation and jobs. It's intriguing that lots of main stream media is criticizing the law given that it was passed in a bipartisan fashion (for a change 89 for and 9 against in the Senate). The mere fact ofContinue reading “America Invents Act 2011 to become law next week: how it might create jobs”
Just stopping AT&T and the T-Mobile merger is not enough-US cell phone industry needs to change and become an engine of economic growth
The US cell phone needs to change and become an engine of economic growth. Merely stopping AT&T and the T-Mobile merger is not enough. The industry needs total overhaul and I am saying this from a recent visit to India where the cell phone is changing the economy as the motor car changed the economyContinue reading “Just stopping AT&T and the T-Mobile merger is not enough-US cell phone industry needs to change and become an engine of economic growth”
The “stability predictability” challenge : why the Fed’s action might help jobs
The stunning decline of the stock market on Monday after the S&P downgrade left one wondering as did the waiting with bated breath of the stock market to the Fed announcement. Coming out and saying that interest rates will not change till 2013 does a lot to help both the market and organizations feel less Continue reading “The “stability predictability” challenge : why the Fed’s action might help jobs”