Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 18th, 2012 No Comments »
As the world of business evolves many of us have forgotten the significance of environmental sustainability. An article reads, according to the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) the world must “cut the rate of carbon emissions dramatically by 2050 to stop global temperatures from rising more than two degrees Celsius”. This means countries must begin to create strategies […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 18th, 2012 No Comments »
HIV/AIDS Mural in Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania The class on social enterprise recalled memories of high school. I remembered a trip to the Investours where I had the opportunity to explore the idea of microfinance and social enterprise for the very first time. Since then I had developed a great sense of interest towards this concept. Investours […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 17th, 2012 No Comments »
Technology is massively evolving over time. It is surprising to see how we humans have so quickly accepted this change and how we greatly depend on technology. As stated in Dayah Johal’s post “Excess Inventions”, technology is advancing rapidly as different companies create new innovative products and services to build a competitive advantage over their […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 15th, 2012 No Comments »
“Uchumi” means economics in Kiswahili, (which is Swahili for non-Kiswahili speakers). Al-karim Lalani named his blog “The Uchumist” which is a hybrid word that stands for “The Economist”. Al-karim Lalani is a student at the University of Stanford, born in Kisumu, Kenya and raised in Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania. Al-karim calls his blogs, “my diary as an […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 12th, 2012 No Comments »
What is Zara’s secret to fast fashion trend? Keynote speaker Mahesh Nagarajan made me extremely curious to learn more about the concept of supply chain. I was particularly interested to research further about Zara’s supply chain operations because I personally admire Zara’s style of clothing and the different choices it offers to consumers such as […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 12th, 2012 No Comments »
Class of November, 8th 2012 was one of my favorite lectures in COM101 as it gave me the oppotunity to explore the idea of entrepreneurship, which deeply interested me. Before this lecture, I defined entrepreneurship as starting up a small business with a small idea in mind. However, this class redefined the meaning of what […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 9th, 2012 No Comments »
A recent article published by the BBC completely shocked me when I read the very first line that stated, “electric cars might pollute much more than petrol or diesel-powered cars, according to new research” (To read further refer to http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19830232). Electrical cars are the most “greenest of the personal transportation industry” and therefore encouraged to be […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 8th, 2012 No Comments »
After reading Rachel Servoz and Emily Yu’s blogs it made me consider looking into the impact of the European Crisis on African counties as I come from Tanzania. Europe has been a primary consumer of most of the commodities in Africa. The financial debt in Europe has therefore lead to volatility in prices of commodities […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 8th, 2012 No Comments »
The class discussion held on the 2nd of October on how media affects the behavior of consumers and children inspired me to research further on this topic. Media is a big aspect of the society that projects continues sources of information. Advertisements are everywhere from our television screens to billboards, directly affecting the minds and […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 13th, 2012 1 Comment »
A business does not have the right to claim themselves as an ethical firm if they follow unethical practices such as the use of child labor. “Across Africa, there are an estimated 80 million child workers, a number that could rise to 100 million by 2015” (Harsch 1). Most of the African children between the […]