Should we supply our competitors?

Posted on December 13, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Learn some  lessons from the luxury watch business.

Important article on quasi-cournot competition with substututability.

Swatch and supplying competitors « The Operations Room

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Posted in Managerial Econ, Production Operations, Supply Chains

Indian Education Demand

Posted on December 12, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Extreme demand for education in India, and little supply, means it is a wide open market. If one could tap the rural market, it wwould be a great thing, and a moneymaker.

HT Media and the mismatch between demand and supply in education in India « The Operations Room

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Posted in Logistics

Zeitgeist

Posted on December 11, 2011 by | Leave a comment

My colleague Erran Carmel called attention to this new approach to learning that would seem to work well in the modern age.  UC Santa Cruz has an evening school in silicon valley with a few of these attributes, though I do not think it is as fast-moving as these Erran points to.  How could we embed this in a new business school environment?

General Assembly Provides Entrepreneurial Skills To A Chosen Few | Fast Company

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Posted in Advanced Computing, Leadership, Strategy