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« September 2009 | Main | November 2009 »October 29, 2009Sweet TweetGuy Kawasaki has become a Twitter evangelist. His new blog entry, Current Twitter Demo Script, is a compendium of links he uses to demo Twitter and spread awareness of Twitter as a marketing tool. Included are tips on Twittering for maximum effectiveness. Sweet.
.......................................................................... October 26, 2009Twitter OnSoon Twitter is going to launch two new features called "Lists" and "Retweets" which were created by Twitter engineers who watch "how people use the service and which ideas catch on. Then its engineers turn the ideas into new features." A New York Times article talks about how other companies have "morphed" their orginal business idea into to something different and have in turn been more successful.
.......................................................................... October 22, 2009Jargon MonoxideWe turn again to Stanford Professor Bob Sutton's blog for a bit of office humor. Sutton's topic is risible business blather, which he labels Jargon Monoxide (after a comment by Polly LaBarre.) Among the classics: "offboarded" and "he got the box", for being laid off. In addition, Sutton links to a BBC article lambasting '50 office speak phrases you love to hate'.
.......................................................................... October 16, 2009Jackson's Periodicals shelfThose of you who used to browse Institutional Investor’s Alpha in our library’s reading area, will be interested to know that the former Alpha now has a new name: AR: Absolute Return + Alpha. As it’s obvious from the title, the two journals were fused together to continue to offer the insights into the hedge fund industry. The feature article of the latest, October, issue is called the Return of Paul Marshall and it offers a story on how the British financial giant, Paul Marshall, revived his Marshall Wace funds.
.......................................................................... October 14, 2009BB Buys BWAfter weeks of speculation about who would buy McGraw-Hill’s publication BusinessWeek word came down today that Bloomberg will buy the publication which started circulating in 1929. Although no one has disclosed how much was paid for the print and online edition of BusinessWeek speculation is that it’s around $5million. Bloomberg has a few publications it puts out such as Bloomberg Markets and other legal journals however this is its first foray into mainstream business reporting. It has been reported that the publication will be renamed Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Although some layoffs are expected Bloomberg intends to build the publication.
.......................................................................... October 12, 2009Down But Not OutI'm talking about those independent bookstores who refuse to go under despite the recession. In the San Francisco Chronicle there is an article about the bookstore chain "Books Inc." and it's strategy for survival in these tough economic times.
.......................................................................... October 9, 2009Corporate-ENever let it be said that corporate espionage, industrial espionage (competitive intelligence) or whatever you want to call it is dead. The DOJ is wrapping up an ongoing probe into why documents, outlining their plan for a new series of luxury hotels, from Starwood Hotels & Resorts ended up with Hilton Worldwide. Did someone from Starwood mistakenly take a copy of a report with them in their briefcase or on their computer before they left the company and thought it would be alright to use it at their new job? The Wall Street Journal article entitled Hotel Feud Prompts Grand Jury Into Probe takes a look at the sequence of events which led to the Grand Jury. To view noteworthy instances where industrial secrets were taken NASA has put up the Notable Industrial Espionage Cases site.
.......................................................................... October 8, 2009The Complaint DeptStanford Professor Bob Sutton muses about the squeaky wheel syndrome, in respect to both complaining students and health care. He notes that there is research to suggest that complainers get rewarded, and cites a 2004 study in the Annals of Emergency Medicine on the outcomes of over 3000 disputes filed by patients over insurance payments. Researchers found that patients who filed formal complaints through the appeals process won more than 90% of the time; the average size of the bill disputed was over $1,000. Ready for your check? Read more on Sutton's blog.
.......................................................................... October 7, 2009Last ChanceNew MBA students, tomorrow (Thursday) is the last day to take part in our 15-minute introductions to the resources available to you at Jackson Library. Each session gives you a quick overview of online (and print) resources you can use for your assignments over the next two years. Taking 15 minutes now can save you a lot of time later. Plus, free snacks -- and a drawing for a prize. Meet by the Library Information Desk tomorrow at either 1:00 or 5:00.
.......................................................................... October 6, 2009The Ghost of California School RefinancingAlthough it’s not quite Halloween yet the October issue of Bloomberg Markets tackles the scary topic of bond refinancing that has gone on in California over the past few years. In this article Joe Toreno wades through the morass of who did what during the period from 2002-2007 in terms of refinancing school debt in California. In many cases most astounding is the fee rate that some financial institutions were able to receive due to renegotiated or new deals, up to 117% of the actual bond, as was the case for the bank in the San Mateo Union High School District. The article entitled California’s Schoolyard Deals appears in this month’s Bloomberg Markets available in the journal display shelf the in the library.
.......................................................................... October 5, 2009Fighting Brain DrainFact or Fad: Who is Shaping the Brain Fitness Market? is a presentation by the MIT Club of Northern California to discuss the recent book by Dr Elkhonon Goldberg and GSB Alum Alvaro Fernandez, The Sharp Brains Guide to Brain Fitness. With the success of Nintendo’s Brain Age, Posit Science and dozens of new software programs and games that promise 'brain fitness', the question arises, "Are we experiencing a fad, or an emerging new consumer market?" Alvaro and panel members Roger Quy, General Partner, Technology Partners and Jan Zivic, Founder, Vibrant Brains, will discuss this and other questions. Where: Wilson Sonsini Palo Alto
.......................................................................... The CourtIt's the first Monday in October and the regular baseball season is over and also The Supreme Court begins a new session. The Court's docket, according an article in the New York Times, "will be dominated by cases concerning corporations, compensation and the financial markets that could signal the justices’ attitude toward regulatory constraints at a time of extraordinary government intervention in the economy." Very interesting times indeed.
.......................................................................... October 1, 2009Your Brain On FacebookA study at the University of Stirling reportedly suggests that not all social networks are equal, when it comes to their effects on the brain. HigherEd Morning reports that research by Dr Tracy Alloway suggests using Facebook "stretches" our memory, while Twitter, YouTube and text messages weaken it. At any rate, prospective students are increasingly using Facebook to try to improve their chances for college by 'friending' admission officials. Smart ?
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