McDonald’s Not So Flat World of Ads
Saturday, Mar. 9, 2013 • Global Biz • 0
Ever since Thomas L. Friedman, Pulitzer Prize winning author, published “The World is Flat“, we have been listening to the mantra of the world becoming a completely level playing field for companies for many years now. Other authors such as Pankaj Ghemawat continue to remind us that we’re still quite far from a borderless world, and [...]
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Management, Austrian-Style
Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013 • 1
Over the past few years I have often been asked what the main differences in the workplace culture between my native Austria and the United States are. I still don’t have the perfect reply, but here are some observations. First and foremost, Austrians have a dislike for authority, particularly in the workplace. Austrians are well educated, they [...]
Yum-my Chicken?
Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013 • 1
As the English edition of the Chinese newspaper Renminbao (People’s Daily) reports, fourth quarter sales at Yum! Brands, the parent company of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) and Pizza Hut have significantly declined. What has happened in the Middle Kingdom that not only has a huge love for chicken dishes, but also for foreign brands, a [...]
Evaluating Pre-Leadership Decisions
Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 • 0
Recently we have seen a significant leader lose their credibility due to decisions that were made prior to their becoming a leader. This happened not only once, but in several instances where the history of an individual has come back to haunt their legacy even though their current performance is well above the norm. Lance [...]
Global retail: another failure…
Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 • 0
Yes, the British are leaving the United States – again. After a $1.6 billion investment, British supermarket giant Tesco announced that it may be selling it’s US “Fresh and Easy” chain. Clearly, corporate PR speak for “we are pulling out of the United States altogether”. What has happened to Tesco, which successfully operates more than [...]
