Category Archives: Business
Autodesk
This post was drafted when I was about to start at Autodesk, however with final exams, a trip to New York, finishing two jobs, and moving to Toronto, it got lost in the shuffle. But better late than never. For … Continue reading
Intopia Business Simulation Presentation
For the course Strategic Management students form teams that compete in a business simulation that takes place over four days called Intopia. Teams choose to either Produce X, Produce Y (which X is a component of), Produce X and Y, … Continue reading
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BlackBerry PlayBook Being Deployed at Canadian Blood Services
Terry Cairns is the CIO of Canadian Blood Services (CBS), Canada’s national non-profit organization that manages the country’s blood donations and supply. As CIO, Mr Cairns is working to optimize the supply chain at Canadian Blood Services in order to reduce … Continue reading
Apple’s iOS is More Like a PS3 Than a Computer
Daring Fireball on iPhone/iPad operating system: iOS isn’t and never was an open computer system. It’s a closed, controlled console system — more akin to Playstation or Wii or Xbox than to Mac OS X or Windows. It is, in … Continue reading
Sobeys Distribution Centre
In class today guest speaker Bob Armstrong, President of Supply Chain & Logistics Association Canada, showed this video of Sobeys’ new distribution centre. Very high tech facility: Thanks to Reid for finding the video on YouTube
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Teaching Economics with Seinfeld
Stumbled upon a great website thanks to an article in BusinessWeek, The Economics of Seinfeld – using the plot lines of Seinfeld episodes to explain basic economics concepts. What does that mean? Here are some examples from the BusinessWeek article … Continue reading
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Pop-up Stores and Interactive Experiences
With retail vacancies high, creating pop-up stores is becoming a popular trend in retail. A pop-up store is a retailer store that is created for a limited time, typically for just a few months around the holidays or special events. BusinessWeek had a good … Continue reading
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Kobo’s Pre-Installation Strategy
While reading an article on mobile phone manufacturer HTC’s growing success with Android, an interesting line about Kobo stuck out to me. Bloomberg BusinessWeek’s Bruce Einhorn: Chou is looking for ways to extend his Android lead. Drew Bamford, HTC’s director … Continue reading
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Ikea is All About Naps and Meatballs in China
I came across an interesting article on Ikea’s strategy in China from Bloomberg BusinessWeek. They are actively encouraging people to loiter in the stores even if they have no intent of buying anything. And when they say loiter, they even … Continue reading
TabLife TO – Conference on Tablets by Rogers
On Friday morning I am attending what sounds like it should be an extremely interesting conference, TabLife TO. The half-day conference is focused how tablet computers are impacting life and where the technology is going in the future. Rogers has … Continue reading
