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Calnet står bakom personalsystemet QuinTime - en webb 2.0-baserad applikation för att hjälpa företag att spara tid och pengar. Systemet används av McDonalds-anställda för att sköta arbetsschema, byta tider och kommunicera med varandra.

Med hjälp av sms och e-postfunktioner kan de anställda logga in och titta på schemat, sjukanmäla sig, ansöka om ledighet eller boka upp sig på extratimmar.

“Jag noterade hur mycket tid det gick åt för chefen att få tag på extra personal när det uppstod vakanser i schemat. Jag tänkte: Det måste finnas ett bättre sätt”, har Erik Fjellborg sagt i tidigare intervjuer.

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- Det är fantastiskt roligt att samarbeta med Sveriges mest välrenommerade arrangörer Live Nation (tidigare EMA Telstar). Att dessutom få genomföra en sommarkonsert i Berg är klockrent. Med Uggla och Hellström kan man vara säker på att detta blir en kväll att minnas, säger Projektledare Jerry Prütz.

- För Arenabolaget är det angeläget att hitta rätt spelplats utifrån typ av evenemang, målgrupp och tidpunkt. Linköping har förutsättningar att locka turister till staden även sommartid och genom regionala samarbeten kan vi öka atrraktionskraften än mer, säger Arenabolagets VD Johan Rustan.

Innovation: Creating Long-term Value in New Business Models and Technology - Knowledge@Wharton

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One of the most common misconceptions is that innovation is primarily, if not exclusively, about changing technology.

• Value proposition: What is sold and delivered to the market.
• Supply chain: How it is created and delivered to the market.
• Target customer: To whom it is delivered.

Value Proposition

Changes in the value proposition of the product or service — essentially, what you sell and deliver to the marketplace —

may be an entirely new product or service or an expanded proposition for an existing offering.

For example, several brands of toothpaste have recently added whitening to their ever-growing list of delivered values such as cavity protection, breath improvement, and tartar control.

Likewise, automobile manufacturers often add new features to their car and truck models, or they provide enhanced after-purchase services.

In the world of computing and information management, IBM is moving away from a product-driven value proposition and has tightly bundled a wide range of services with its products.  In fact, services have become a major part of its business;
 in 2003, 48% of IBM’s revenues came from providing services, generating 41% of profits.
 IBM’s acquisition of PricewaterhouseCoopers (now IBM Global Services)
and the growth of hosted applications within the OnDemand initiative
are all strategic moves towards enhancing the service aspect of IBM’s product offering.

Amazon changed its service offering to become an online mall or retail platform selling goods from other retailers on its site, such as clothes from the Gap, Nordstrom, and Eddie Bauer and sporting goods with more than 3,000 brands.

“I really think the foundation of luxury is customer service — that is what we are hearing,” said panelist Cori Galpern, worldwide marketing and advertising director for Tom Ford International, the designer’s growing chain of fashion houses. “I think what we’ll see because of the economic crisis is that you lose a certain amount of that aspiration customer. Somebody who will buy a couple pairs of shoes over the course of the year is making other choices. The core for a luxury brand is a customer with very considerable wealth.”

What makes a movie click with an audience? How important is buzz in the success or failure of an entertainment product? Should worldwide releases of movies be done over time, or all at once?

The Hollywood Stock Exchange is an online market simulation that revolves around movies and movie stars. It is a game—no real money is involved—with over half a million players. Anyone who is interested in playing can join the simulation. New HSX traders receive “Hollywood dollars” and can increase the value of their portfolio by, among other things, strategically trading “MovieStocks.” The prices of those MovieStocks reflect expectations of box office revenues.

Business Definition for: Customer Flow * the number and pattern of customers coming into a store or passing through a railway or bus station, airport, or other large service, retail, or leisure area. Customer flow can be monitored by observation, time lapse or normal closed circuit television, or, less satisfactorily, by analysis of purchase data. This provides useful information about the number of customers, flow pa

• Can “lean” productions methods improve service industries?
• How can a company’s order management cycle impact costs and margins?
• How does resource allocation lead to strategy failures?
• Can operations become a competitive advantage?

How much are German companies as a whole going to be able to retain brand premium?

To continue to be a premium-priced brand while trading as a public company is very challenging. Tiffany faces a similar problem. That’s why many luxury brands like Prada remain family businesses or are controlled by private investors. They can stay small, exclusive, and premium-priced by limiting their distribution to selected stores in the major international cities.

the first self-made African American millionaire in the United States?

The Handbook provides an overview of business history research worldwide aimed at both researchers and practitioners, addressing challenging issues such as globalization, entrepreneurship, corporate governance, technology and innovation, and economic theory and development.

Over the last few decades, business historians have generated rich empirical data that in some cases confirms and in other cases contradicts many of today’s fashionable theories and assumptions by other disciplines, says Harvard Business School professor Geoffrey Jones, who edited the volume with University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Jonathan Zeitlin.

“ARD was the first professional venture firm that sought to raise money from nonfamily sources—primarily institutional investors such as insurance companies, educational organizations, and investment trusts.

“We went to the usual suspects, and everybody passed,” says Blank, then also president of Chicago Pacific. “A complex story with multiple narratives and time periods is scary stuff to a studio—but we had to be loyal to the book.”Buena Vista Motion Picture Group president Nina Jacobson expressed interest in distribution rights, Blank says, but she did not want to finance the picture 100%.Meanwhile, former Miramax executive and Dimension president Cary Granat was facing his own uphill battle: He and education entrepreneur Micheal Flaherty had spent a year seeking financing for an ambitious new mini-studio, Walden Media, with a mandate to produce high-quality film, television and live-theater projects with a strong emphasis on education, targeting 7- to 15-year-olds and their parents. Investors generally greeted the Walden concept with skepticism, but Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz embraced the vision and bankrolled the company in spring 2001.The fledgling enterprise swung into action quickly, and Walden executives met with—of all people—teachers and educators to find fiction and nonfiction properties to develop. They learned that “Holes,” which boasts a strong pro-literacy theme, was the fastest-growing and most popular book among both educators and tweens—so Walden tracked the rights to Davis and company.A mere three months after Walden’s official debut, the company announced that it would fully finance and co-produce Phoenix Pictures’ “Holes,” with Davis directing—even without a distribution deal in place. “We were confident of finding a distributor later,” Walden chief operating officer John Logigian says.

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en del av IQUBEs projekt PREIQUBE.

2008-10-24

IQUBEs alumnibolag Whiteshark

Ägarna av Workey, dvs grundarna, IQUBE och Theia, genomför en riktad nyemission till Bonnier, som därmed går in som större ägare i bolaget med möjlighet att långsiktigt ytterligare utöka sin ägarandel.

How does PluggedIn make money?

PluggedIn is a free to consumer website that derives the majority of its revenue from advertising and sponsorships. We also have affiliate relationships with companies such as Amazon, Apple, EBay, and Hot Topic, so that fans can purchase CDs, downloads and other merchandise from us.

Paul McCartney’s next studio album will be the first release from Starbucks’ newly formed Hear Music label, a high-profile attempt to bring big-name credibility to the venture.

For unsigned artists loudENERGY.com is building a community focused on continual and broad based artist development. The company has signed an impressive list of producers to act as the foundation of its artist development efforts. loudENERGY.com is offering the first 1,000 unsigned artists that register with the site a guaranteed producer review of at least one song. The review could be anything from one sentence to a face-to-face conversation. The reviews will be confidential and will not be posted to the site without permission from the artist. “The reviews will be honest,” says Lozano “while constructive. This is a great way to show our commitment to the unsigned artist community. It is also going to be an effective way to make sense of the music that is being uploaded to the site. I can’t think of a better way to find the talent out there than with some of the best ears in the business.”

“The music business is like the alcohol business. We drink when we’re happy, we drink when we’re sad. We just continue drinking because we enjoy it.”

Martin Bandier

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The move comes weeks after the music industry billionaire orchestrated the exit of Steven Spielberg from Paramount and arranged financing for the revered director to start a new film company. Mr Geffen also negotiated a distribution deal for Mr Spielberg with Universal Studios.

Prior to hitching a ride in a popular Mitsubishi Motors Corp. commercial, “Start the Commotion” was a little-known song from an unknown band.But last month, the Wiseguys’ catchy blend of horns, techno-pop and Louie-Louie bass lines peaked at No. 31 on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart. The National Football League is using it as the soundtrack for pregame highlight clips broadcast on stadium Jumbotron screens. And Ben Stiller added the song to the soundtrack of the movie “Zoolander,” a comedy that opened Friday.

Recognizing that filmmakers may not be aware of the depth and therefore affordability of much of SONY BMG’s rich catalog, MovieTunes was developed by the SONY BMG Commercial Music Group in collaboration with SONY BMG Film with a shared goal of providing a greater range of services to the film industry.