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Category Archives: Culture
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell- Three Takeaways
“Success” according to Gladwell is not only a function of one individual’s grit and determination but is related to a whole bunch of “preparation” that goes in by family,culture,history,date of birth and so on.
Billy Mays-Death of a true salesman
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Google’s April Fool – GMail Autopilot
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The Recession and Buyer-Seller (B2B) Relationships
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-857684-6"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} Marketing and Supply Chain went through a paradigm shift in 1987 when Dwyer,Schurr and Oh published their article Developing Buyer-Seller Relationships. Since then many scholars have used theContinue reading “The Recession and Buyer-Seller (B2B) Relationships”
Closing Newspapers changing Ad World
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From Culture’s Consequences to “Project Match” – IBM needs to add home country fixed costs
// <![CDATA[ var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); // ]]> // <![CDATA[ try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-857684-6"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} // ]]> IBM has come up with a rather controversial "Project Match" offer for laid off employees to work in "growth" marketsContinue reading “From Culture’s Consequences to “Project Match” – IBM needs to add home country fixed costs”
And change in modern cultures- Barack Obama
var gaJsHost = ((“https:” == document.location.protocol) ? “https://ssl.” : “http://www.”); document.write(unescape(“%3Cscript src=’” + gaJsHost + “google-analytics.com/ga.js’ type=’text/javascript’%3E%3C/script%3E”)); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(“UA-857684-6”); pageTracker._trackPageview(); Barack Obama is the President Elect of the USA. Not many “young” cultures or countries or even “older” ones can claim to usher in such change. Remarkable and only in the USA !Continue reading “And change in modern cultures- Barack Obama”
Change in ancient cultures- “The White Tiger” by Aravind Adiga
Aravind Adiga has won (2008) the Man Booker Prize for his very first novel. Curious, I had placed a hold on the book at my town library and sure enough the book is in big demand and is on a strict 15 day turn-around.
[Note for readers unfamiliar with current day India : This post is dated November 2, 2008 when the book had been released. The movie was released on Netflix on January 13, 2021. Since then there is great interest in this post. The movie is set in 2008 and India and the world has made great technology strides in the meanwhile. The biggest is cell phone cameras and social media participation in a very participatory and exuberant democracy. For eg. , towards the end of the movie the existing taxi contractors remain docile upon being harassed by police in Bangalore India. We believe that this is very difficult in 2021 as the you can expect a vociferous opposition. We mention this to put the 2021 movie in historical context ]
Banking is a mess, B2B trust and Karl Marx smiles at “mother of all bailouts”
The “nationalization” of institutions like Freddie, Fannie, AIG and so on and so on reminds me of what we thought we had left behind. Namely, socialism, the socialistic pattern and communism. Marx would be smiling and his more moderate followers like “Fabian Socialists” would be laughing more loudly. Nationalization protects the consumer somewhat but createsContinue reading “Banking is a mess, B2B trust and Karl Marx smiles at “mother of all bailouts””