Today I read an announcement for a new book from German management consultant and thought leader Hermann Simon. As it says, he urges managers to shift their primary focus away from market share orientation towards profit orientation. Simon argues that aggressive strategies that aim for higher market shares can cause price wars, which destroy profits [...]

As posted a couple of days ago, it is very likely that we all going to be observers of the next major conflict between the „copyright empire” and the videoportals. The GEMA (the company that takes care for copyright issues in Germany) requires fees from Google (YouTube). Discussions between Google and GEMA have already started. [...]