Yeah, yeah, by now you have the news. Microsoft wants to spend $44bn to buy Yahoo! Personally, I want this to happen. Professionally, I think it will drive search, online media, and social networking to new vistas (hahahaha, good pun!). I’m not going to talk about the business case for this. Everyone and their mother [...]
Archive for February 1st, 2008
Yahoo! and Microsoft – A Personal Connection
Posted in business strategy, data mining, mergers, tagged google, microsoft, microsoft acquisition, microsoft bid, yahoo on February 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Business and Innovation – Selection by Consequences
Posted in analysis of behavior, business strategy, economics, tagged behavior, business darwinism, consequences, innovation on February 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
One of the biggest misconceptions, or non-truths, in business is the idea that there is an agent of innovation. There is no individual innovator, an innovative business, an innovative group that is the cause or source of innovation. There is no agent capable of manufacturing innovation. That’s a bold statement from someone (me!) who used to put [...]
