Raise your hands - how many people out there use an IBM ThinkPad? And how many more have used it in the past? The ThinkPad is one of the most popular brands in computer laptops, but how many people know the name of the Chinese company who has been making and selling the “IBM ThinkPad” […]
A number of countries which subsidize the price of gasoline (among other essentials) can no longer take the pain of the rising price of oil and are raising prices at the pump. This past week, India joined Indonesia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Malaysia when it raised prices at the pump 10%, up to about […]
In the US, it used to be “Soccer Moms” driving their kids from one after-school event to another. Japanese “Education Moms” are dedicated to making sure their offspring get into the best schools. But Chinese parents are now taking the cake - 92 per cent want their children to earn a college diploma - and […]
Quick follow-up on a previous post about the price of gasoline in several countries around the world. There are two reasons why prices at the pump for this commodity vary so greatly around the world: taxes and subsidies.
In a post from January 2008, Pablo at www.triplepundit.com asks, What is the True Cost of Gasoline? The […]
Recently I toured a John Deere production facility in Mannheim, Germany. John Deere is an excellent company - great brand, great products, good growth and profitability. They have used Lean Management techniques for years and have been able to reduce their hierarchy levels down to four (!). Production workers work in teams without supervisors and […]
I read a great commentary by British historian Paul Johnson in Forbes about the challenges facing the next US President regarding the BRIC countries.
Johnson provides some insightful views into these important countries. About Russia, Johnson writes: “The Russian people oscillate between a love of freedom, ending in anarchy, and a profound respect for strong leadership, […]
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Written by J. Christopher Erb [email], and Jean Mercedes [email] for b5media.
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