Last week, the 131-year-old company Eastman Kodak was said to seek bankruptcy protection. This happened after Kodak had been the leading photographic company in the world for more than a hundred years. The company put photography on the map for millions of people and invented, for instance, the digital camera in 1975 – but never managed [...]
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lesson of kodak
Posted in Economics, Technology, Thomas Sowell on January 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
apple and the market economy
Posted in Economics, Technology on January 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
So this is 2012, the year when Apple might lose its formerly large margin with its best-selling mobile phone. When first introduced in June 2007, the iPhone was – by any account – way better than any other cell phone on the market. Despite all civil disputes, Apple was extremely innovative and launched a product [...]
driving obsession
Posted in Documentary, Germany, Technology on September 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, CNBC broadcasted a pretty interesting documentary about the world’s most admired company: BMW Some critics have dismissed BMW as over-engineered, over-hyped, and over-priced. But what about the legions of imitators and buyers? On its website, CNBC has also prepared some further information: BMW: A Driving Obsession
what to do about inequality
Posted in Economics, Politics, Technology on July 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Adding to my prior posting on rising inequality, you would probably like to raise the question what to do about it. With reference to Kenneth Rogoff, professor of economics at Harvard University, we should first ask whether there is anything to do at all. For Project Syndicate, Rogoff recently wrote an interesting article on inequality. [...]
instapaper
Posted in General, Technology on June 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
If you happen to be one of people that frequently see interesting articles on the web, but usually don’t have time to read them immediately, check out Instapaper: The website just asks you to provide any of your email addresses with a password. So, there’s no real registration and everything is for free. Second step [...]
