Articles for class on 02/01/13

We are going to take a look at some international activity of Coca-Cola & Pepsi.

http://www.wphna.org/2011_aug_hp4_coke_pepsi.htm

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_39/b4148051511340.htm

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_39/b4196026887723.htm

Explore the  top 50 of the Fortune Global 500: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global500/2012/full_list/

Article for 01/30

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-01-24/in-dubai-services-and-exports-drive-a-new-boom

In Dubai: services and exports drive a new boom

Articles for 01/28/13

In addition to the article assigned on 01/25/13. The following are assigned for Monday:


The Economics of Sports Insurance., The Economicst:  http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21570723-calculations-behind-insurance-athletes-claim-game 


To fix overproduction, China wants to supersize industires., Business weeek. http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-01-25/to-fix-overproduction-china-wants-to-supersize-industries#r=glo-s

Bernanke, B., Benefits of Free Trade: Competing and Prospering in a Global Economy. http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/bernanke20070501a.htm

Article for class on 01/25/2013

The assigned article can be found in the January 21st, 2013 edition of Businessweek. The article is titled "Wage growth may signal inflation ahead".

This article directly corresponds to Chapter 2: Economics. Use the article to make connections with the chapter and be prepared to discuss in class on Friday.

Ryan

Articles for 01/23/2013

Students,

We will discuss the following articles in class from the January 21st issue of Businessweek:

• Love is blind, and costs $3 (or less) 
• Um, Can I get a Receipt? The nine most insane things employees tried to expense last year. 
• Companies & INdustries 5/5 articles (Briefs: Facebook, JPMorgan Chase, Wal-Mart Stores, Boeing, Dell)

Be thinking about the external environment as you read through each of these. 

These are all available in this issue. 

See you then. 

Ryan 

BUS 121 Article to Read: Can Meg Whitman Rescue HP?

Class, We will discuss the following article in class on 01/21:

"Can Meg Whitman Rescue HP". Business Week January 14th issue.

 Link to article: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-01-10/can-meg-whitman-reverse-hewlett-packards-free-fall

Our discussion will focus on the history of CEO decisions and their effect on the company and a discussion related to all variables of the external environment (L05 in Chapter 1 of BUSN5).

 Questions for reflection:

 How has the business environment affected HP's efforts in the past?
 Which parts of the business environment look most promising for HP? Which look difficult?
 You may want to learn the history of the various CEOs in this article (google them):

Mark Hurd
 Leo Apotheker
 Meg Whitman

 Here is a link to Meg Whitman's plan to revivie HP (interview, very informative): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COfLVRlspfo

You should also visit websites of the companies discussed: HP: hp.com
Autonomy: http://www.autonomy.com/

 Look forward to discussion on Monday (01/21).

 Ryan

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