184 Posts found for Source: Business 2.0

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Software is a gas. It expands to fill its container…After all, if we hadn’t brought your processor to its knees, why else would you get a new one?

Content: Quotation | Sources: Business 2.0, Scientific American | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business

How to keep tabs on the United States economic health.

Content: Article | Author: Stephanie Clifford | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: Economics

On the plains of hesitation lie the blackened bones of countless millions who at the dawn of victory lay down to rest, and in resting died.

Content: Quotation | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: Action

Can the theories of a dead Russian dissident solve your company’s most vexing technological challenges? A cult of business consultants swears that they can.

Editor’s Note: article looks at Genrich Altshuller’s TRIZ theory of inventive problem-solving.

Content: Article | Author: Andy Raskin | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: Miscellaneous

Behavioral economists seek to explain why we so often make financial choices that are, to put it bluntly, really damn stupid.

Content: Article | Author: Gary Belsky | Source: Business 2.0 | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personal Development | Industry: Investing

A rising star at Accenture is advising Big Oil and the auto industry that they can revitalize the economy, mint profits, and save the planet — if they’ll just learn to stop worrying and love hydrogen.

Content: Article | Author: Ralph King | Source: Business 2.0 | Subjects: Industry Specific, Trends / Analysis | Industry: Petro / Chemical

Written off as just another ill-conceived megamerger, Hewlett-Packard has exceeded all its goals. Here’s why the union has worked — so far — and what must come next.

Content: Case Study | Author: Brian Caulfield | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: Mergers & Acquisitions | Company: Hewlett Packard (HP)

So-called buzz marketing is the hottest trend of the year. But as it becomes more and more contrived, many wonder when the backlash will begin.

Content: Article | Author: John Gaffney | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: Marketing / Sales

You know a lot about your customers. You know who they are, where they live, what their buying habits are. And if you’re like most companies, you’ve done absolutely nothing with that pile of market intelligence. It just sits there, earning you no money and creating zero shareholder value. Here’s what your company needs to do to put all that hard-won information to work. … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Geoffrey Colvin, Larry Selden | Source: Business 2.0 | Subjects: Customer Related, Management

Why have management gurus become the rock stars of business? Because, to put it mildly, business is confusing. And because, to put it simply, they’re as shrewd about their business as they are about yours.

Content: Article | Author: Erick Schonfeld | Source: Business 2.0 | Subjects: Miscellaneous, People

The limitations of space have long dictated the economics of exchange transactions…In the Network Economy, the limitations of space no longer apply…But a funny thing happened on the path to frictionless capitalism. The economics of distance died, but the economics of attention took its place…But in many markets, customers find themselves overwhelmed with vendors clamoring for their attention, and vendors find themselves in a desperate … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Mohanbir Sawhney | Source: Business 2.0 | Subjects: Economics, IT / Technology / E-Business

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Online auctions could create a world where the price of everything is negotiable. Can we handle it?

Content: Article | Author: David Batstone | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business

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Got a great idea for a new product or process? Here’s how to turn your brainchild into a business.

Content: Article | Author: Owen Thomas | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: Entrepreneurship

Business 2.0 presents its third annual send-up of the most ill-conceived, embarrassing, and downright appalling developments of the past year.

Editor’s Note: Though I doubt there is much to learn from this article (and shame on you if you can) it is still fun reading…

Content: Article | Author: Mark Athitakis | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: Miscellaneous

Uncle Sam runs the fastest-growing IT market today. Here’s the way for hungry vendors to set up shop.

Editor’s Note: there is also a good section for non-IT folks which explains how to sell your products through the GSA online catalog.

Content: Article | Author: Owen Thomas | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: Marketing / Sales | Industry: Government

The man who lost $3 billion for Sony wants to make your brand the hero of his next film. And you thought TiVo was scary.

Content: Article | Author: Warren Berger | Source: Business 2.0 | Subjects: Advertising, Marketing / Sales