Entries Tagged as ‘off-thesis’

April 7, 2009

Public, Internal and Secret Strategy Papers

We just had an interesting discussion whether a strategy paper can be made public within the company. For one, it would be most purposeful to inform the employees about the direction where their company is heading and how they plan to do so. However, not everything should be published because of the threat that the [...]

November 9, 2008

Is Retaining Talent Possible?

When you’re good at something – wouldn’t you want to try to perfect it furthermore to please yourself and others? Wouldn’t the pursuit of new challenges be the most important fulfillment possible to achieve? Where would you meet these new challenges: in your old job where you have been for 2+ years and where your work [...]

October 3, 2008

Dynamic Pricing for Technological Projects

Not so long ago, I saw a presentation about the dynamic pricing system of Tuifly.com. Very interesting. Then I thought about my job and whether we were able to do any dynamic pricing as well. I started joking around and told one of our client managers that he should offer his clients the following model [...]

September 25, 2008

The Product Life Cycle Is A Not So Helpful Regression

At my last university session we discussed the product life cycle and it being a regression. Since I have started focussing on regressions thematically as a means of evidence-based management, this fact immediately caught my attention.
Why the Concept Fails for Trend Analysis
However, the professor also stated that he finds the concept of the PLC highly [...]