Sep
28
Walmart’s Next International Fling
Posted by: douglasfeltham | September 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Wal-Mart has recently announced their plans to buy out the chain Massmart in South Africa and establish a presence there. This is seen as a way to continue growth with the US economy stagnating. However when you look at this deal it seems like these new operations have the odds stacked against them. Their potential […]
Sep
27
Blockbuster Busts
Posted by: douglasfeltham | September 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Recently in the economist there was article talking about how Blockbuster had too file for chapter 11 in the states. Their problem appears to be that they are losing market share to Netflix when it comes to people wanting to find obscure movies, and Redbox for mass market titles. I think that this shows the […]
Sep
15
The Ethics of Jumping Ship in Silicon Valley
Posted by: douglasfeltham | September 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Recently there has been a shake up in the world of IT management when the CEO of HP Mark Hurd left under a cloud of potentially falsified expense reports and sexual harassment suits. Then weeks later Mark Hurd was given a job on the board of Oracle a competitor of HP. Although whether or not […]
Sep
8
Hello world!
Posted by: douglasfeltham | September 8, 2010 | 1 Comment
Welcome to UBC Blogs. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!