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America?

Since the financial cricis startet in America many have been talking about wether one of the concequences of this cricis will be that America will loose its position in the world as the supreme financial superpower. One of these people is the German foreign minister, who criticises the leaders of the US for having lead a disaterous financial politic. read more about who the next superior economy will be here

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Proportions of Ebay

In 2006, there were over 200 million eBayers worldwide. For around 750.000 people, eBay was their primary source of income. A survivor of the dot.com bust of the late 1990s, eBay represents a new business model courtesey of the internet.

eBay’s business model

Value in eBay is created by providing a virtual worldwide market for buyers and sellers and collecting a tax on transactions as they happen. The business model of eBay relies on its customers being the organisation’s product development team, sales- and marketing force, merchandising department and the security department. It is arguable the first web 2.0 company. read more about what it takes to make eBay work here

Top of the pop for 25 years

The music industry has always been thr backdrop for one-hit wonders and brief careers. Pop stars who have remained at the top for decades are very few. Madonna is one such phenomenon; the question is, after over 25 years at the top, how much longer can it last?

Smartest woman in show business

Described by Billboard Magazine ad the smartest business woman in show business, Madonna, Louise Ciccone, began her music career in 1983 with the hit single “Holiday” and in 2005-2006 once again enjoyed chart success for her album “Confessions on a Dance Floor”. read more aboute the secret behind Madonnas succes here

What is this?

Diversificaiton is strictly a strategy that takes the organisation away from both its existing markets and its existing products. In this sence, it adically increases the organisation’s scope. In fact, much diversification is not as extreme as implied by the closed boxes of the Ansoff growth matrix.

Ansoff growth matrix

Bow D tends to imply unrelated or conglomerate diversifacation, but a good deal of diversification in practice involves building on relationships with existing products. Frequently too, market penetration and product development entail some diversifying adjustment of products or markets. Diversification is a matter of degree. read more about diversification here

Paying with my cell-phone?

The future is not fare away when it comes to being able to useing your cell phone as your credit card. It is actually already an option in the capitol of technology, namely Japan. The time  where the sales person will be asking “would you like that to be charged on your cell” is not fare away.

What are we waiting for?

This technology is, say experts, relatively simple. It would costs the phone companies such as nokia and sumsung a dollar per phone to install the neccesary technology in the phones. It is basicly all up to them to decide when this option of payment should hit our boarders. read more about cell phones being used as credit cards here