Archives tagged: Blockbuster
“You’ve got to go out there and kill what you’re going to eat.” Andrew Mason, CEO Groupon Anytime someone says they are…
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It now appears that Border’s and Blockbuster will get their life-saving transfusions of cash and will live to fight another day. As P.T. Barnum once said: “There’s a sucker born every minute.” Neither of these companies deserves to survive.
More Are you ready for the new paradigms? Do you have a Kindle or iPad for reading books? Do you read your daily newspaper on-line? What kind of home entertainment system do you have connected to your High Definition TV that will allow you to see movies, previously available only at the video store or from a vending machine? What must a successful company do to survive and thrive in this environment?.
More The other day when I was looking trough the archived articles in Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge, I happened on a piece published on December 17, 2008 entitled ‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life.’ The author was Julia Hanna, associate editor (at the time) of the HBS Alumni Bulletin.
More Ah, March, we all get to be Irish for a day. “May the dust of your carriage blind the eyes of your…
More Recent issues of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal have been particularly rich in their commentaries of heretofore magnificent corporations who have fallen on hard times. In particular: Toyota, Palm and Blockbuster. ?
More What is Starbucks? Is it a momentary retreat from the stress of work and life? Is it a fast-service coffee chain? Is it a snack shop? Is it a luxury coffee manufacturer? What is Starbucks reason for existence?
More Competitive Equivalence, Competitive Advantage, and the Role of Price The four-year war over the next-generation DVD format for home videos that deliver…
More As the New Year approaches, and “slow news days” become more common, it is customary for journalists and broadcasters to do their…
More “She who controls the frame, controls the decision.” Frame refers to the perspective used in evaluating different options in a decision making…
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