Having just graduated from the William School of Business, with concentrations in Management and Finance, the last four years of studying businesses and financial markets have been an extremely amazing experience. Our graduating class got the opportunity to study the highs of 2007, the crash of 2008, the recession/recovery of 2009, and now the so-called potential “double dip” of 2010. [...]
Williams School of Business’ Excalibur Team excels in HR Case Competition Along with the recent success of our business students at other case competitions, the Williams School of Business can now add Excalibur to its list of accomplishments. Excalibur is a tournament, in its 24th year of operation, that teaches students how to solve a real-life work situation in a [...]
There has been much speculation about whether or not the global housing market will experience a second housing bubble. The first bubble which was directly linked to the bursting American housing market rocked the world economy back in 2008. Now that the global economy is showing the first signs of recovery which is mostly attributable to fiscal policies implemented by [...]
Who would have thought the book industry could start a price war? Whether you’re an avid reader or not, this story has no doubt crossed your path recently, as it is causing quite a stir in the media. On October 15th, Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, announced it was lowering its online pre-order prices for ten new book releases to [...]
Advertisers are going the extra mile to get noticed. Although everyone is talking about the withdrawal of advertising in newspapers, magazines, television, and other traditional media and leaving them in financial woes, the question lies, where has all the advertising gone? The recent creditor protection filing of CanWest Global Communications Corp. who owns more than a dozen daily newspapers across [...]
Is the end in sight for the Canadian giant? One of Canada’s leading innovative firms, Research in Motion, announced its second quarter results on September 24th. These fell short from what analysts had anticipated. RIM reported revenues of $3.53 billion, up 3% from $3.42 billion in the previous quarter and up 37% from $2.58 billion in the same quarter of [...]
How companies are using your cell phone to make sure you stay around. Have you heard of Mobile Marketing? Perhaps not yet but Mobile Marketing is becoming the fastest growing marketing method used by successful corporations in today’s savvy and technologically advanced world. The introduction of Apple’s iPhone provided the platform for significant advancements in the mobile marketing world. Merely [...]
