Rana Faroohar of Time discusses the 5 myths of the economic recovery. And a variety of folks have been talking about some of these issues for a long time, notably Thomas Friedman in his The World is Flat that in part, inspired the start of this blog. It's becoming clearer there are only two endsContinue reading “US Employment: Opportunity at the high knowledge end and the high touch end”
Category Archives: Globalization
US Innovation: A High-Tech small sector led growth is the answer ?
Where can US Innovation lead to jobs is a question on everyone's minds. A clue is from today's stock rally, spurred in part by the Fusion-io IPO, after six days of stock market losses. Fusion-io makes flash memory storage and its largest customer is Facebook who use their infrastructure to manage all those millions ofContinue reading “US Innovation: A High-Tech small sector led growth is the answer ?”
Why Ford Motors strategy on emerging markets and small cars is great for 50% growth
Alan Mulally of Ford Motors sees 50% growth from the emerging markets of China,India and Africa. They are increasing small car models from five to fifteen in China and from three to eight in India.In an earlier post this blog had discussed about how Mulally reduced complexity at Ford and it seems that the currentContinue reading “Why Ford Motors strategy on emerging markets and small cars is great for 50% growth”
German E. Coli outbreak and regulating a global fresh food supply chain
The German E. Coli outbreak seems to be one of the first fresh food global supply chain problems that have come to the fore. Germany imports 40% of its cucumbers from Spain a total of 182,000 tonnes a year. Initially, German authorities blamed Spanish cucumber contamination for the deadly outbreak and now the Germans areContinue reading “German E. Coli outbreak and regulating a global fresh food supply chain”
Who is the “customer” in education?- well the next link in the supply chain…
The employment situation in the US is not getting better, particularly for young people out of college.And this brings us to the "Who is the "customer"in education?" question. It is certainly not the student as the authors suggest and the simple answer from this blog's pont of view is the next link in the supplyContinue reading “Who is the “customer” in education?- well the next link in the supply chain…”
2011 Yale Consumer Insights Conference brings academics and practitioners together
With 28 presentations packed in one and a half days the 2011 Yale Consumer Insights Conference was once again a great opportunity for academics and practitioners to share insights. This year the focus was on: Social Media Maximizing Brand Performance Marketplace Impact New Product Innovations Competitive Marketing Strategies Understanding Customer choices Check out the 2011Continue reading “2011 Yale Consumer Insights Conference brings academics and practitioners together”
TV marketing myopia as sales decline 2.2% and Internet usage zooms
As Gen Y grows up and broadband penetration increases the household TV is expected to decline. This is a huge shift for advertising,programming and journalism on TV as people take more to the Internet for streaming video and social media. Already 40% of all Internet traffic is from video according to CISCO and this isContinue reading “TV marketing myopia as sales decline 2.2% and Internet usage zooms”
End of Osama Bin Laden great endorsement for American spirit
Scenes of crowds of mostly young people cheering outside the White House even before President Obama’s address should assure the world about the spirit of America. This spirit was hugely evident, despite the massive deficit, unemployment, and concerns about future American economic competitiveness. Truly the killing of Osama Bin Laden is a great endorsement ofContinue reading “End of Osama Bin Laden great endorsement for American spirit”
Royal Wedding to give boost to several industries in the US – including US Post!
You really can’t avoid following the royal wedding with every US TV channel having positioned their top reporters in London who are reporting live for the last several days. The fascination of Americans with the royal wedding is amazing with the air routes busy to London as travellers spend thousands of dollars on travel,stay,souvenirs and so on. The US market for several industries should see a business spike. Some of these include:
What do you know about Rakesh Kapoor of Reckitt Benckiser?
I am surprised at the the approach of Bloomberg who seem to somehow underestimate Rakesh Kapoor as a CEO succeeding Bart Becht at Reckitt Benckiser. Normally this blog stays with stuff in the public domain out of respect for privacy. But I guess CEO's of major companies are public figures and this being a timeContinue reading “What do you know about Rakesh Kapoor of Reckitt Benckiser?”