Three firms, each once dominant in their industry, are attempting to transform their operations and culture, and while it won’t be clear for a few years whether or not they will succeed, it is fascinating and instructive (and sometimes painful) to watch:
Microsoft, where a long-time, hard-charging number two has taken the reins from the man [...]
Like all large, long-lived organizations that believe they are immune from the brutal force with which technology and innovation reshape the world, the government, and especially the Federal government, struggles to understand whether they should do anything, and if so what, in leveraging the web and sharing information broadly.
(Note: The private sector is replete with [...]
Today’s Wall Street Journal reported on consolidation in LCD manufacturing with the agreement of Innolux Display Corp. to buy Chi Mei Optoelectronics, both of Taiwan, in a $5.3 billion stock deal.
Innolux was founded six years ago by Terry Gou, who also founded and is chairman of Hon Hai Precision Industry, the world’s largest ( by [...]
A recent survey (link to slides) sponsored by PowerReviews, a company that provides a product review service, is another reminder of the disconnect between companies and their customers.
The surprising finding, as shown in the first chart below: Not the importance of reviews or the popularity of social media–Facebook, Twitter, and the like–but the very low [...]
The landscape today is filled with an abundance of me-too start-ups. How many of these will be missed when they’re washed out by the recession?
In every downturn there are a few, however, with smart, committed teams that have found a niche and have an up-close, living, breathing understanding of the critical needs of their target [...]
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