It’s great to see how big companies such as General Electric are making waves by encouraging people to contribute towards the development of cleaner energy. Through projects such as the Ecomagination Challenge, the company sparks the minds of people who wish to contribute to this development. This year’s challenge will last until September 30, 2010. [...]
Filed under: Business, Environment, News on July 20th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: Business, clean energy, entrepreneur, innovation, sharing, start-up, strategies
Much has been written about crowd and group behavior in the investment industry, but one aspect that has received little attention is what has been called ‘emotional contagion.’ As the term suggests, people can infect each other behaviorally, and in the investment sector, that can cost everyone a lot of money.
The term ‘contagion’ is accurate [...]
Filed under: News on February 11th, 2010 @ 11:18 am
Tagged with: Business, consumer, economy, entrepreneur, insights, investing, marketing, strategies
Whether you’re contemplating how to get your fist job, or if you’re already working and you’re thinking about your next career move, you may be considering a job at a start-up company. Start-ups come in all shapes, sizes, and industries. But life in a start-up isn’t for everyone, and before you take the plunge, there [...]
Filed under: News on February 5th, 2010 @ 8:00 am
Tagged with: Business, economy, efficiency, entrepreneur, growth, innovation, start-up, startup, strategies
Natural gas companies have spent the better part of two decades exploring, mining, and expanding into new territory in order to bring in more and more of the commodity. Since the recession hit, however, prices have taken a huge dive. Most economists have attributed this fact to oversupply, leading many companies to halt exploration activities [...]
Filed under: Environment, News on September 18th, 2009 @ 6:04 pm
Tagged with: Ben Smith, commodities, energy, energy markets, global, growth, industry, markets, natural gas, prices, recession, resources, strategies, success, sustainability
No matter how successful a business gets, it’s important not to lose sight of the strategies that have taken you there. For most that involves building strong customer relationships and consistently delivering a great product or service. In recent months, eBay, the popular online auction house has veered from that path perhaps, but its CEO [...]
I’ve often written that non-profits and charities world be well served by taking cues from the business world by developing practices such as performance evaluations and affinity marketing to grow their reach and fundraising capabilities, but acquiring public companies is not something I would have thought to suggest. But that exactly what UK-based Housing 21, [...]
Filed under: News, Philanthropy on August 19th, 2009 @ 5:06 pm
Tagged with: Acquisitions, Business, charity, deal, economy, markets, non-profit, opportunities, opportunity, strategies, strategy, success
Fresh off the heels of last week’s blockbuster deal with Yahoo!, Microsoft announced a new partnership with Finnish cell phone manufacturer Nokia, another attempt to go after the top player in the space. While the Yahoo! deal was about tackling Google’s dominance of the search market, this newest collaboration takes aim at Research In Motion’s [...]
Filed under: Business, News, Technology on August 13th, 2009 @ 11:45 am
Tagged with: brands, Google, leaders, marketing, markets, microsoft, mobile, Mobile Office, Nokia, partnerships, RIM, smart phones, smartphones, software, strategies, strategy, Technology, Yahoo!
There is little doubt that one of the key components in our nation’s economic recovery and ongoing security is a transition away from dependence on fossil fuels, particularly foreign oil, towards renewable energy solutions. But even as we move to develop sustainable energy technologies like solar and wind, are we neglecting the most important element, [...]
Filed under: Environment, News on August 7th, 2009 @ 6:18 pm
Tagged with: clean energy, energy, energy grid, funding, government, infrastructure, investing, investment, networks, recovery, renewable energy, strategies, strategy, sustainability, Technology
‘Younger than Moses: Idle Worship’ is an art exhibit featuring 22 artists in New York.
As part of the European Project FP7 research called “Integrated System for Transport Infastructures Surveillance and Monitoring by Electromagnetic Sensing,” a team of researchers had been gathered from the countries of Israel, Italy, France, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Romania.