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70/20/10 - Managing innovation the Google way
20 percent on related projects, and 10 percent on unrelated new businesses. (Money.cnn)
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Netflix throttling
[F]or a company like NetFlix, frequent customers are less profitable than other users. NetFlix customers who return their movies more quickly, require more service, and incur additional shipping costs, reducing profitability. Each DVD mailed and returned costs the company 78¢ in postage alone. There are other processing, handling, and
International and Cross-cultural
Nobel Prize: Money not the whole story
When he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year, Yunus said that Grameen Bank had lent nearly $6 billion over the last 30 years in loans that average $130 each. A key stipulation of the program is that its loans must be for income-producing activities, not consumption. But,
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No prices: pay what you want
The Seattle Times has a story about a cafe at which Peretz admits that Terra Bite treads on shaky ground. He's got to attract enough paying customers to cover the cost of those who pay less or not at all. Peretz isn't worried that people will
Ling- English
Microcredit
As founder of the Grameen Bank receives Nobel Peace Prize, the profile of microcredit lending grows Bangladeshi Economist Claims Nobel Peace Prize [Real Player] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6605060 Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony 2006 [Windows Media Player] http://nobelprize.org/award_ceremonies/ceremony_oslo/
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Duopolies
Coke and Pepsi, McDonald's and Burger King, Boeing and Airbus—this is an economy full of duopolies. One of those pairs, UPS and FedEx, is proving to be a fascinating Rorschach test about the state of the economy. UPS and FedEx both make excellent bellwethers for the stock
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When price is might
Pricing is fundamentally a measure of your confidence as a business owner and it's the only validation of the value you provide to your market. If you can't price your products high enough to run a legitimate business, you've either got to grow your