{"id":33,"date":"2013-09-30T20:04:26","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T03:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tkwong95\/?p=33"},"modified":"2013-11-18T00:42:26","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T07:42:26","slug":"bye-bb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tkwong95\/2013\/09\/30\/bye-bb\/","title":{"rendered":"Bye BB"},"content":{"rendered":"<header>\n<h1><a title=\"Permalink to Farewell Blackberry Patents\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/allenyuan\/2013\/10\/01\/farewell-blackberry-patents\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\u00a0<\/a><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<p>In Barrie McKenna\u2019s article, we \u00a0are forced to acknowledge the bitter fact that Canada\u2019s biggest technology firm, BlackBerry Ltd., is bound to be bought by foreigners. Similar to what we discussed in class, BB\u2019s \u201cprized intellectual property risks leaving the country\u201d (para. 1). From a nation-wide perspective, BB has contributed significantly to Canada in terms of generating patents and tax credits. Needless to say, BB\u2019s activities result in the flow of millions to billions of dollars.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTjabvZjDeEz4b5UOma5XlRdw5DDoQ0FfvIrl2wFhBsbCu1-vTZ\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From learning about the business canvas model, it is apparent BB has failed to deliver its value propositions to its desired customer segments effectively enough to generate profitable revenue streams. Blackberry has failed to notably innovate.<\/p>\n<p>While the government can try its best to save the famous Canadian company, buyers are readying for the acquisition process. Conversely, the Canadian government has simply not done enough to encourage research and development firms in the country. Our country pays out \u201c$4.5-billion more a year in licensing fees to foreigners than it collects from others\u201d (para. 13). Blackberry easily broke barriers-to-entry only to fall back out.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/report-on-business\/dont-expect-blackberrys-patents-to-stay-in-canada\/article14594494\/<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 In Barrie McKenna\u2019s article, we \u00a0are forced to acknowledge the bitter fact that Canada\u2019s biggest technology firm, BlackBerry Ltd., is bound to be bought by foreigners. Similar to what we discussed in class, BB\u2019s \u201cprized intellectual property risks leaving the country\u201d (para. 1). From a nation-wide perspective, BB has contributed significantly to Canada in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19188,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tkwong95\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tkwong95\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tkwong95\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tkwong95\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19188"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tkwong95\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tkwong95\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tkwong95\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions\/38"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tkwong95\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tkwong95\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tkwong95\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}