Olivers last post here cites users who are annoyed that Youtube makes money with the videos thy uploaded there.
Well, for the moment let’s not talk about selling those videos. I would not like that either. But isn’t it a bit weird to complain about Youtubes advertising revenues? Let’s go back from where Youtube started not […]

In the past we had a brief look at Youtube and the web 2.0 business (see this posts).
But these news are quite amazing. According to GOLEM, a German IT website, Youtube plans to establish a revenue system for “video uploaders”. So far, payment scheme and security issues are not solved. Youtube CEO Chad Hurley confirmed […]

Hybrid consumers and their unpredictable behaviour have confused retailers and manufacturers in the last decade.
Obviously companies seemed to have decided to change the rules of the game, to respond to those consumer needs, and to muddle up their offers. Now Sony has decided to adapt this trend. For the new playstation III-game “Grand Tourismo HD” […]

To add something not so creative on competitor analysis – here is how I keep track of competitors’ strategic changes and the bigger picture behind. This is not so much about predicting their next strategic move, it is more about getting a feel for what they are actually doing.
I keep a list of the competitors’ […]

According to information by TECHCHRUNCH the German Google (google.de) seemed to have forgotten to renew the Google domain name. Some comments from the post confirmed the story.
This is amazing…or even unbelievable.
Did you lost your domain name, too?
Do you and / or your company search for a new domain name?
Hence you are looking for a similar […]

In terms of strategic planning the external analysis step can be very difficult. I see three reasons for that: Basically this analysis can be described as badly structured matter, which does not know a definitive solution. Due to the large amount of data the selection of relevant information remains a problem. To identify chances and […]

This is the not-so-serious result of my non-comprehensive readings in management and strategy literature. Over the years I have read several books, papers, articles, studies etc in this wide field. It is my perception that there are three major groups of writers:

The Recyclers: These are the authors and researchers that have already been in business […]

The inflation rate 2006 for countries of the European Monetary Union was calculated for 2,2 %. According to the newspaper FAZ (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, January 18, 2007, volume 15, p.9) the inner value of the EURO has declined at 19 % since the start of the third phase of the Monetary Union (01.01.1999).

Strategic planning and strategy implementation seem to be linked with a lot of problems. Well, I say planning AND implementation, because you can find a large variety of definitions for the term strategic planning. In the academic literature differences can be found in process structure and number of process steps as well as in different […]

There are probably more economic indicators around than any single person can make use of. Lots of figures and indices may serve as an early sign for some potential future trends in specific industries or whole economies.
I have some rather uncommon personal favorites. The first two are not so much early indicators but quite reliable […]