Monthly Archives: October 2012

In my opinion, having a strong organizational culture is essential to creating a successful organization.  When a company has a strong culture, employees enjoy being at work because they are motivated not only by extrinsic factors such as money, but by intrinsic factors as well.  An example of an organization with a phenomenal culture is the World Famous Pike Place Fish Market in Seattle.  If you have ever been to see the Pike Place Fish Market in the past twenty […]

In Dabir Rashid’s Blog Post, Is Research in Motion (RIM) Back in Motion?, Dabir talks about how he does not believe RIM is in trouble of bankruptcy right now.  He believes that with the release of Blackberry 10 in 2013 either, RIM will begin to regain its reputation of being among the top mobile technology firms, or another technology firm will buy it out.  Dabir also believes that the company is “too big to fail.” I agree with Dabir in […]

The NHL lockout is affecting more than just the players and millions of fans, it is also affecting sporting goods companies.  Bauer, an enormous supplier of hockey goods, has decided to expand into the rapidly expanding North American market of lacrosse.  Although the NHL lockout will not affect the company too much, Bauer believes that this plan will lighten the impact.  Dominating the global market for hockey equipment, the company’s biggest customer base are the children around the world who […]

The demand for smartphones has been rapidly increasing since their release in 2006.  However, the producers are slowly running low on ideas for newer, better, and different products.  This struggle for originality has caused many disputes between the big smartphone industries and their so called “patented products.”  In such a specific market with distinct consumer tastes, how can a company say that they own a certain idea? Since 2006, Apple alone has been involved in 142 patent lawsuits with multiple different […]

Unless you have been in a coma for the past 100 years, the chances are you have heard of the ongoing brand war between Pepsi and Coca-Cola.  The two companies produce the same type of product, cola, but people tend to hold Coke with a higher regard.  Most people believe that Coke simply has a better taste while Pepsi strongly disagrees.  In many marketing campaigns Pepsi has tried to prove to people that their product is superior in taste compared […]