A Better Course

“Only 15 years ago, a person who changed jobs every three years or so was looked at as professionally unstable. Today, it’s the guy nestled on his lily pad whom the H.R. pro looks at with a critical eye,” wondering why the employee isn’t more ambi

(tags: nytimes career)

It hopes to persuade wireless carriers and mobile phone makers to offer phones based on its software, according to people briefed on the project. The cost of those phones may be partly subsidized by advertising that appears on their screens.

(tags: google advertising mobile nytimes)

3 professors at the University of Toronto’s School of Management came up with a complex algorithm to help planners determine how many facilities are needed, where they should be located, and how large they should be to balance consumer wait time with budg

(tags: businessweek businesseducation waiting algorithm)

Advertisers are also increasingly buying product placement space within games rather than creating their own. Advertisers in the United States will spend $502 million on video game advertising this year, up from $346 million last year

(tags: computergames advertising productplacement nytimes)

Only 37% of young adults between 18 to 24 drink coffee, compared with 60% for those between 40 and 59 and 74% for Americans over 60.

(tags: businessweek retail branding coffee)

At minimum, clear and immediate communication is an antidote. If stakeholders know you’re aware that there’s a problem, that may be enough in the short run to maintain goodwill until the problem is fixed or at least dealt with.

(tags: crisis management businessweek business)

A case study last year of Timberland that found that the online division would have to generate 40% more sales to justify the cost of an unconditional free shipping promotion. For companies that are still building a client base the increase in new custom

(tags: nytimes marketing online)

as the use of e-mail increases in an organization, the overall volume of other kinds of communication drops — particularly routine friendly greetings. But lacking these seemingly innocuous interactions, people feel more disconnected from co-workers.

(tags: business nytimes technology email)

Mr. Ryan said that Bungie planned to continue to develop games exclusively for the Xbox platform. He said that at some point, Bungie would have the right to develop games for other platforms, but he declined to say when.

(tags: computergames microsoft nytimes bungie)

“With the housing market taking a continued hit in September, in-boxes also took an increased hit as spammers exploited the recent market slowdown and subsequent interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve”

(tags: email spam technology nytimes)