Dec
6
Hyundai Luxury Car
Posted by: douglasfeltham | December 6, 2010 | 2 Comments
Hyundai has recently decided to re-brand their line of cars as luxury vehicles. They have been improving the quality over time, and now feel they are up to the level. I do not think that this is a good idea or that it will work. The problems come right out of class 6 when it […]
Dec
6
Groupon Goes Its Own Way
Posted by: douglasfeltham | December 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Groupon has decided to decline the takeover bid from Google which was worth up to six billion dollars. Although this may seem like a smart move in an era when company’s like Facebook and Twitter survived and thrived after turning down takeovers, I don’t think that Groupon will do as well, and that they should […]
Dec
6
Korean Outsourcing
Posted by: douglasfeltham | December 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment
While Browsing through the economist I saw an interesting article which seems to indicate a different take on outsourcing than the one we commonly see. As was even discussed in class 14 outsourcing is done to try and reduce costs, yet the downside is often the quality of the service that is provided. Yet this […]
Dec
2
Microfinance is No Longer Social Entrepreneurship
Posted by: douglasfeltham | December 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Over the last few years micro-finance has spread all over the world, as more and more people set up these small loans to try and help the poor in developing countries start their own businesses. Yet with them being bigger and bigger in India the question I was thinking was whether or not they really […]