Feier Shen's Blog

I agree with Louise’s idea. Although Lululemon gains popularity among young generation, the market witnesses the loss of its loyal customers because of the company’s arrogant attitudes towards quality issue. Lululemon might not disappear in 2015, however, if it insists on the negative manner, it will be replaced in the market someday. Lululemon’s product is known as high-end yoga clothes. Also, the company encourages female participation in sports as a healthy life style. For a lot of loyal customers, Lululemon leads the trend and inspires their passion. However, there are…read more

Compared with United Nations, social enterprise provides  someone in need with more opportunities. By offering business opportunities in poor areas, it require people there obtain the basic ability to conduct the manufacture or other procedures. Although funding will give the most direct and fast aid, indirect methods like opportunities ensure the sustainability. As Osei-Duro clothing did in Ghana, it realized that the area have to work without its assistance one day. Then it is wise to bring in the technology and basic knowledge of production there, which can help the…read more

“How Mexico’s ‘cupcake queen’ rebuilt her life” is a story about a single mother Conchita Valdez ,who brings up four children, builds her own successful cupcake business. Yesterday, Amielle Lake, CRO & Founder of Tagga also gave her advices according to her own experiences. It will never be a easy task for a woman to become a entrepreneur whether there is discrimination or not. However, Ms Valdez says: “Fear can paralyse you or make you stronger.” It seems that the tradition of the society asks woman to contribute more to…read more

Literally,Chinese goods are everywhere. However, “made in China” always represents cheap and short-life. Now, one brand named Huawei, one of the biggest communication company in the world, attracts the attention around the world for its innovation and high-quality products. It might also be the significant signal that Chinese brands are going global. For many Chinese companies which make achievements on the mainland, there are always some legal problems involved in copyright or patent issues. To gain the popularity and maximize the profit, lots of communication companies in China choose to…read more

  As a newly arising economic model, sharing economy introduces a socio-economic system which is based on different platforms. In the modern society, everyone keeps a fast pace of life and wants to achieve the most efficiency by the least effort. Sharing economy meets the need to a large extent. Moreover, it can be called a disruptive innovation compared with the traditional industries. It is common that people will hold skeptical view towards something new especially something break the routine. It will be a long process for people to understand…read more

It seems that although there is Indian Act to regulate the interaction with first nations,conflicts always exist. The news “Tsilhqot’in set to declare site of New Prosperity mine a tribal park” illustrates one of these conflicts. According to the Indian Act, “No Indian is lawfully in possession of land in a reserve unless, with the approval of the Minister, possession of the land has been allotted to him by the council of the band.” However, natives have folded the New Prosperity site into the tribal park boundary. As a Canadian…read more

News link: http://www.bnn.ca/News/2014/10/1/Staples-closes-15-stores-in-Canada.aspx As shown in this news, Staples Canada has closed 15 of 331 stores in this country because of the shock of online business. E-commerce has been developed at a rapid speed resulting from the technology and interactive information in recent years. Retail stores have been affected by the e-commerce trend widely and deeply.  Fewer people prefer to buy something in a bricks-and-mortar store in the modern society. Online shops offer the most convenience and the fast react of the trend to attract the customer. Moreover,they alter the tradition shop…read more

As mentioned in the class, operation management is the key part of a successful corporation. Dell is a successful and innovative model of virtual integration which can take advantage of resources and make a win-win situation. Based on virtual integration, Dell can make flexible changes according to the customers and market. In the modern society, it is necessary to change in the trend. Nokia once was the leader of the cell phone market. Trace back to 2007 and before, Nokia was the  first choice of customer because of the high…read more

I strongly agree with zheqi chen’s idea that employers should pay more attention to the social responsibilities while maximizing the profit to achieve a sustainable development. In some developing areas, the law to guarantee the equal rights of the workers is not completed. Even the workers themselves are lack of the knowledge of law so that they have no idea whether they are treated equally. In my opinion, to the enterprises in the developing area,although the labour price there is low,they still need to complete the welfare and insurance  system…read more

About business ethics, in my opinion,everyone should do their best to make profits in their own positions without crossing the ethical line. For individual,as mentioned in the article “the slippery slope of getting away with small stuff” ,people will not cross the ethical line by stealing billions of  dollars at the very first.  What attract people to commit a crime is petty profits which will not be noticed by others. Since everyone sticks to their own position and will not interfere others’ jobs , those who are greed will take…read more