Competitive Intelligenceby Arik Johnson: Lessons, Thoughts & Observations<br>on Competition, Intelligence, Strategy & Tactics<br>in Business & in LifeHurricane Katrina: Disaster Impact on Energy Markets- August 30, 2005 Hurricane Katrina made landfall Monday but avoided a potential "Worst-Case Scenario" for the U.S. energy industry... and, as an extension, for the U.S. economy as a whole. As crude oil futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange reached $70.80 Sunday...http://www.aurorawdc.com/ci/000341.html The Long Tail- August 27, 2005 As I consider myself something of an "insider" on new and emerging trends (doesn't everybody) I'm almost ashamed to admit that, after having been hearing for the better part of a year about "The Long Tail", Chris Anderson's essay...http://www.aurorawdc.com/ci/000340.html The Greenspan Era Confab in the Tetons: Easy Money & the Real Estate Bubble- August 26, 2005 Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's warning that the current housing bubble is by no means burst-proof. Home prices could plunge, Greenspan implied, if long-term interests rates go up. Those rates, which are based on finicky international market forces, have been...http://www.aurorawdc.com/ci/000339.html Northwest Airlines: Mechanics Strike Will Negatively Impact Future of Organized Labor- August 25, 2005 Thanks to savvy planning ahead on the part of Northwest Airlines (thank goodness I'm not traveling much in August) it would appear the mechanics strike is, not only, having minimal impact on operations, but causing significant enough dissent in...http://www.aurorawdc.com/ci/000338.html Google Talk: the VoIPIM Extension and how it will Impact Skype, AOL, MSN & Yahoo- August 24, 2005 Back when I heard Google was raising $4 billion more dollars in a second offering I thought one of the targets might be erstwhile viral phenom Skype in order to get into the VoIP space in a big enough way...http://www.aurorawdc.com/ci/000337.html AMD vs. Intel: the Abuse of Monopoly Power & a Dual-Core Chip Challenge- August 23, 2005 The grudge-match between AMD and Intel continues - although AMD is the clear aggressor in all of it. This week, in a follow up to AMD's antitrust lawsuit over Intel's "abuse of monopoly power" the guantlet was thrown down for...http://www.aurorawdc.com/ci/000336.html General Motors Success in China Proves Company Can Compete After All (Free of Union Labor, At Least)- August 10, 2005 General Motors has apparently figured out how to build the right car for the right market - in this case, $5,000 minivans that get 43 miles to the gallon in city driving. The minivans, which GM builds in a...http://www.aurorawdc.com/ci/000331.html |