business
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Brand Marketing and Existentialism by Randall Rozin
See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Brand marketing and branding philosophy certainly isn’t a new topic to the Brainzooming blog, but branding and Philosophy? Well, that’s a new combination around these parts. Here’… Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: Certainly not what… Continue reading
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How do #Millennials Define #Happiness? | Breathe and Smile
Very good take on the situation from a GenY perspective with a link to the important notion of “Betterness.” There used to be a ladder to success. It was the college→good job→marriage→house→family→cushy retirement. Sure, not everyone made it, there were… Continue reading
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Yes, the Chicken is organic… but are the workers paid a living wage?
. ..Next month will see the release of Saru Jayaraman’s first book, Behind the Kitchen Door, which challenges foodies who demand organic, fair-trade and free-range ingredients in their food to pay just as much attention to the people who do the… Continue reading
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World’s 100 richest earned enough in 2012 to end global poverty 4 times over — RT
The world’s 100 richest people earned a stunning total of $240 billion in 2012 – enough money to end extreme poverty worldwide four times over, Oxfam has revealed, adding that the global economic crisis is further enriching the super-rich. “The… Continue reading
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Robots, Robber Barons, & the Situation for Existential Innovation
A more full account from Paul Krugman on some of the topics I originally brought up yesterday. Still, can innovation and progress really hurt large numbers of workers, maybe even workers in general? I often encounter assertions that this can’t… Continue reading
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Economist Debates: Business education: Statements
A very interesting debate over at the Economist online. Very much worth the read for those who are wondering about what is going on in the halls of graduate business education. Our professors actually agree on some fundamental things. Both,… Continue reading
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Existential Entrepreneurship…
I do not agree with everything here. But that is why I need to work on developing my own concept of the existential entrepreneur. Still, there are some very good point in this piece; the information about this study is… Continue reading
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Tax Incentives to Companies Bleeding Towns Dry, With Few Results
A lot of the abatements & other supports to bring in business to townships & cities centers on one main process: job creation. Yet nobody tracks any meaningful statistics to see if the economic argument holds up. Yes we can… Continue reading
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New Pew Survey of U.S. Parents
While European legislators are considering adding a ‘right to be forgotten’ to data privacy laws to give internet users some control over who owns their data, U.S. parents are worried about the reputational damage of their teens’ online activities and what… Continue reading
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The Corporate Capitalist Gamble: American’s will “venture” for Mitt
Romney’s suggestion that only business owners should occupy the White House was hardly surprising; it just reinforced the reverence for builders of small businesses manifested in the Republican gathering in Tampa. But it is a curious claim nonetheless. For most… Continue reading
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The uncanny valley of Internet advertising: Why do creepy targeted ads follow me everywhere I go on the Web? – Slate Magazine
If you ask an Internet ad guy to defend himself—to explain why you, dear Web surfer, should feel comfortable letting him serve you ads based on everything you do online—you’ll likely hear two arguments. First, he’ll tell you that targeted… Continue reading
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