November 7, 2006
by Dagmar
Comments Off on Market Share Orientation vs. Profit Orientation
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 … Continue reading
November 7, 2006
by Oliver
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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 … Continue reading
November 6, 2006
by Oliver
Comments Off on Do CIO’s have a strategy gap?
Today I found a very interesting study, which seems to have no relation to strategy. Its title is “The global State of Information Security 2006â€, a worldwide study by CIO, CSO and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. But inside the survey results some very … Continue reading
November 5, 2006
by Oliver
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I would like to discuss an issue for which I posted my first opinions a couple of days ago. These days we can read a lot about web 2.0. It is said that users are not only consumers of web … Continue reading
November 4, 2006
by Dagmar
Comments Off on How often do you touch your strategy?
Recently I talked to a freelance consultant who had been working for a company in a turnaround situation for the last couple of months. This company had been through a long and severe crisis and had now – under new … Continue reading
November 2, 2006
by Oliver
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Today a very interesting article concerning youtube and copyright issues could be found in the German newspaper “Handelsblatt”. The headline was that the American sport league attacks Google due to various violations of their copyrights. That is a very interesting … Continue reading
October 23, 2006
by Oliver
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Today I did read a very interesting article about a recent study about CEO pay. The authors are Xavier Gabaix (Pinceton) and Augustin Landier (New York University). They developed this hypothesis in order to research CEO pay: Managers are different … Continue reading