This headline hit the news in Germany over the last couple of time. Currently, Cerberus is reported to plan a divestment of their 22,000 appartments, held by Baubecon, the housing association formerly owned by German trade unions. Blackstone has already sold 31,000 apartments.
This is quite interesting since it is really not so long ago that […]

Sometimes during discussions I receive the question, whether there is a link between learning organizations, knowledge and strategic planning. My answer is “yes” and I would like to illustrate this matter a little bit more.
Before I start I have to define the term “learning organization”: In general the learning organization can be described as an organization […]

Lufthansa starts to change its strategy was a headline of a German business newspaper today. So let us take a brief look behind this headline.
To respond to the increasing competition in the German aviation market the German airline Lufthansa will change some parts of its strategy. So far, the airline focused their long distance flights […]

A couple of weeks ago I posted my concerns about Sony and its DSLR business activities. This week “Sonys camera strategy” was presented in a German PC Magazin “CHIP” (June special edition “Foto Video digital” 2007). Takashi Kondo (Vice President Digital Imaging Sony Europe) explained some of Sony’s business concepts. According to him Sony regularly reviews […]