Thought Sparks

Here’s a little factoid I thought was fascinating: Experts suggest that the number of television sets in the world is around 1.6 billion, with another 700 million PC’s in the world. As many of older… Read more »

How’s this for a pure key metrics play? Atlanta-based Servigistics, Inc http://www.servigistics.com/has figured out that for companies who provide repair or maintenance services to their customers, keeping track of all the parts involved can be… Read more »

Here’s another tidbit from my visit to the heartland. Seems that a lot of potential biofuels, such as corn and soybeans, are currently processed for foot consumption or exported for that purpose. So along come… Read more »

Just back from visiting my colleagues at the Purdue University Center for Agri-Business, where I was teaching in a program on Strategic Decision Making. I always enjoy hearing what they are up to, because although… Read more »

Several articles have recently pointed to an interesting development in the world of auditing. Swamped with the demands of Sarbanes-Oxley implementation and with the increased complexity of even ordinary audits, the Big Four are less… Read more »

Several articles have recently pointed to an interesting development in the world of auditing. Swamped with the demands of Sarbanes-Oxley implementation and with the increased complexity of even ordinary audits, the Big Four are less… Read more »

So there I was reading our own Columbia Business School’s Entrepreneurship Update (see http://www.gsb.columbia.edu/entrepreneurship) which is usually filled with the normal niceties of Center life. Imagine, to my surprise being jolted by a feature article… Read more »

It’s fascinating to see how much entrepreneurial verve is released by things that frustrate or irritate us (or worse). In the most recent Fast Company (Sept 2005) there are great examples. Find it nearly impossible… Read more »

Just read (and commented on) a most interesting post over at the Fast Company web site. Seems the folks at Oreo are doing a lot of soul-searching about the addictive, unhealthy and all around negative… Read more »

Just read (and commented on) a most interesting post over at the Fast Company web site. Seems the folks at Oreo are doing a lot of soul-searching about the addictive, unhealthy and all around negative… Read more »

Speaking of easy to use computers, it’s worth remembering that Compaq was a major innovator along this dimension when it first introduced it’s “Presario” line in the late 1990’s. I know – we bought 3… Read more »