Dec
2
social entrepreneur in my life
Posted by: Janna Chi | December 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment
After the social entreprenurship class, I am interested in doing volunteer work and helping others. When I went online and search for relevant information, I found a report about a national organization, the Canadian Social Entrepreneurship Foundation, and its recent cooperation with a SFU club. Even though the program has just been launched, it sounded very promising. In UBC, […]
Oct
12
Environmental Friendly – business
Posted by: Janna Chi | October 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Today, we discussed if companies should concern about environmental issues. I personally think enviromentally friendly is not against the profit of a company but can actually help the company in some ways. Take the water company, Bonaqua in Hong Kong as an example, they successfully built up its green image. They emphaised that they use less plastic on the water bottle which is […]
Oct
12
Playbook vs Ipad
Posted by: Janna Chi | October 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Has anyone heard of Playbook? If you did the econ mid term, then I can guarantee that you did. After the econ mid term, I went on the internet and searched for Playbook. The Playbook is a new stragtegy for RIM, the company behind blackberry. Since Apple is encroaching on RIMs smart phone market, RIM is now fighting back with its new product, […]
Oct
9
oh no! smashed guitar!
Posted by: Janna Chi | October 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The video played in class talks about how powerful social media is which reminds me of Dave Carroll’s case. In spring 2008, Dave Carroll was going to Omaha, by way of Chicago. Just after landing at O’Hare airport, he discovered that his guitar was being heaved around. So he immediately complained to the flight attendents, but got an indifferent response. After arrival in Nebraska, […]
Sep
29
Wii revived an old brand name
Posted by: Janna Chi | September 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment
I bet most of our classmates have played Wii or even own one. Apart from fun, it also revived its company name – Nintendo. Before Wii came out, people may think that Nintendo is an old brand name which has lost in the gaming market to Xbox and Sony. Wii changed it picture of the market. Everyone thinks that […]
Sep
16
China Explores Work Ethics
Posted by: Janna Chi | September 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment
After reading the article ”China Shifts Away From Low-Cost Factories”, I found that business ethics is becoming more of a concern. It is unethical to pay factory workers 90 cents per hour. The government is finally governing the wage rates! However, this leads to an increase in cost. Therefore, companies are looking for different ways […]