GOOGLE and YAHOO! Compete for Mobile Market

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) often is the platform for a number of announcements.

It is not too surprising that YAHOO! and GOOGLE will be battling it out for the Mobile Market. What is interesting from a strategic management standpoint is the way that the alliances are shaking out.

Samsung working with both companies. Motorola with Yahoo!.

Why is it that we are seing so much of this partnering and alliance activity in all businesses?

Gene A. Wright

"How to Succeed in 2007" is the title of a feature article in Business 2.0.

The article has brief snipettes from a number of leaders and managers with their ideas of what it will take.

Here are a few:
Howard Schultz - Starbuck's "Dare to Be a Social Entrepreneur"

Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt - GOOGLE "Simplicity"

Michael Dell - Dell "Think Big"

Stephan Covey - FranklinCovey "Strive for Moral Authority" Character and Contribution

Rachael Ray - Chef and Author "Turn your Passion into an Empire"

Richard Branson - Virgin Group "Learn How to say No"

And many More.....

Which one did you like the best? Why?

Gene A. Wright

An important and popular topic in our class is of course, globalization. Another is discussing the "value chain" as well as the supply chain. Can we get enough insight into the process of building a competitive value creation process; I think not.

I recently listened to a webcast presented by Industrial Distribution Magazine entitled "Five Critical Strategies for Building a Competitive Supply Chain"

The webcast is a little over an hour long, and you will need to register to attend the archived event, but it is interesting. It is a panel discussion with an introduction by the editor of Industrial Distribution.

The comments about the actions of distributors, standards, globalization, forecasting, competition etc., are very interesting and informative.

What do you think are some of the salient comments by the presenters?

Gene A. Wright