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Eye on The U.S. Economy: September 2009 Employment Report
Published on 2009-09-03 12:00:00
The Employment Situation Report comes out on Friday September 4th, 2009 at 8:30 A.M. Based on other reports that came out earlier this week, it may go either way vs. expectations. Consensus estimates an average decline of 200,000 in Nonfarm Payrolls. > read more
Media, A Wharton Professor and Marketing Research - II
Published on 2009-08-17 06:14:00
And a little book called MoneyballFollowing up from my last post, I gave my second blog a little time to think itself through. For some reason, I kept thinking about this book while I was listening to Professor Fader's ideas. That set me off on anoth > read more
Wading Through A Deluge of Recession Pricing Advice
Published on 2009-08-02 19:09:00
Over the past year or so a lot of advice has come out from business thought leaders about recessionary pricing strategies. Below are three articles from what are considered to be well-regarded sources:INSEAD: When to push the panic button?Harvard Bus > read more
U.S. Economic Outlook: Bottom In Sight or Double-Dip Recession?
Published on 2009-06-21 18:07:00
A quick survey of key economic indicators for the U.S. Economy may indicate that some of the downward drivers may be paring back more than expected, which could either indicate a reversal may be in the offing or we are on the brink of a double dip re > read more
Global Warming, U.S. Economy and the GM Bailout
Published on 2009-06-13 19:11:00
Why do I have these three themes in one sentence? That is because I think these could shape each other’s future with a little foresight.Transportation is the second largest source of greenhouse gas emissions and accounts for a third of all carbon d > read more
Riding out the Recession with Lean Business Strategies
Published on 2009-04-08 08:51:00
Businesses in the present economy are under pressure as the pace of revenue growth slows down to a crawl, compressing profit margins as revenues barely exceed fixed costs. Of course you can still drive growth through share gains and lower costs by ta > read more
"Wal-Mart-esq" Marketing Strategy at Hyundai Motors?
Published on 2009-01-18 17:05:00
I just saw the Hyundai ad that offers to buy back your new Hyundai if within a year of purchase you lose your job- talk about making best out of the situation! They were already pushing the best value for your money line- but this is quite a bold mov > read more
McKinsey on Economic Regulation: Calling a Spade a Spade...
Published on 2008-12-11 13:28:00
...or stating the Obvious?Mckinsey Quarterly just put out an article highlighting the need in the current economic scenario for an increased cooperation between business leaders and regulators. The article states that "As concern over global pro > read more
Media, A Wharton Professor and Marketing Research - I
Published on 2008-12-06 21:47:00
A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to actually attend a lecture by a Wharton professor - Peter Fader - at the Marketing Modelers meeting down at the ARF in NYC. The topic of conversation was "The Paradoxes of Interactive Media". Pe > read more
So the Recession is finally official- Now What?
Published on 2008-12-04 06:09:00
On Friday, November 28, 2008 the Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research announced a peak in economic activity in December 2007. Since it is the NBER's sacred and ordained task to announce recession beginings and e > read more