With society becoming more health conscious, consumers have been looking for an alternative to soft drinks. One might think that juice is a healthy alternative…
Month: October 2013
The market for luxury cars in America is dominated by Mercedes-Benz and BMW, according to an article by Bloomberg Businessweek’s Kyle Stock. The article lists…
As demand for electricity has declined traditional coal and gas companies in the EuroZone have seen prices drop so low that they had to pay…
A new form of company has arisen. “Passthrough” companies which do not retain much in the way of earnings and pay out almost all of…
In class thus far we have been learning about how companies can make strategic moves to gain market share, and if these moves are effective…
In Tom Randall’s Bloomberg article “Wal-Mart Now Draws More Solar Power than 38 US States”, Randall describes Wal-Mart’s newest strategic move to gear the company…
In our Industrial Organization class we have just begun discussing in detail what a corporation is, who owns a corporation, and why investors invest. Crowdfunding…
Last Tuesday, Drug maker Merck announced that it will lay off thousands of employees. Merck plans on cutting 8,500 jobs, which is in addition to the 7,500 job cuts that were previously announced. The company explains that these job cuts are a part of “a global initiative to sharpen its commercial and research and development (R&D) focus.” In addition to these job cuts, Merck also announced that it will move its global headquarters from Whitehouse Station, New Jersey to Kenilworth, New Jersey.
In an article entitled “Why small details matter for small firms,” BBC reporter Katie Hope analyzes the value of standardization in the service sector. For…
Geoff Riley has a post with videos analyzing the UK market for gasoline as reflecting price leadership. See the original for several related video clips.…