Category: Web-Enabled Enterprise
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Politics and Hershey Chocolate, Smartphones are Here!
Chocolate is one of the most popular items that people enjoy eating. Total sales of chocolate in the United States is approximately $20B with per capita consumption of chocolate is about 12 pounds per year. So what does this have to do with smartphones? Mobile Phone Adoption Well, a new report on mobile phone use has…
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One Small Step for Facebook, One Giant Leap for Media Companies’ News Content
One Small Step for Facebook, One Giant Leap for Media Companies’ News Content Facebook Hosting News Sites’ Content is Bad News for News Sites but will be Necessary Given the Power of Facebook Robert Clement, Bryant University, MBA523 I recently read an article titled, “Facebook May Host News Sites’ Content” which discusses Facebook potentially hosting…
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Amazon: Started with Books, Finish with None
For years, I would always refer to Walmart as the king of retailing. For those in Rhode Island that remember Ann & Hope, there are a few stories about how Sam Walton pioneered his retail empire after Ann & Hope, a Rhode Island-based retailer. If you are from the RI and older the 40, you…
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Does The US Need to Give Away Everything?!
Firstly, this post will attempt to focus on the issue. Even though it, by its very subject, is wrapped around a public policy and political frame. So let’s set the stage. The United States … Developed and implemented the mass manufacturing concept. Was the first to produce automobiles. Invented electricity, electric light, movies and the…
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So When Will Smart Phones Clean Our House?
Technology has been working its way into our lives for several decades. 1970s … large mainframe systems printing invoices and checks for our payroll and suppliers. 1980s … the introduction of personal computers in the mainstream. Over time, we have used technology to create efficiencies. Processing business activities using the speed and accuracy (most times) of…
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Shoppers Changing Shopping Habits … Moving to buy!
Consumer behavior continues to change; right before our eyes. Shopping habits during the busiest (and most profitable times), November and December, are changing with each holiday season. Several retailers have seen a reduction in traffic during the last two months of the calendar year. Best Buy’s profit has continued to cause challenges with price reductions…
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Disruptive Innovation or Progress?
When I teach the general computer class for our students, there is always the discussion in a strategy chapter that defines disruptive innovation (or technology). Some students, from the beginning of time, think that many of the terms we teach have no relevance. However, disruptive technology is more commonplace today than ever in modern business…
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Mobile Agility — Gartner’s 2014 Top 10 IT Trends
Being able to lead the mobile technology craze has been a mine field for business organizations. According to a recent report by Gartner, the entire BYOD (bring your own device) has created several “unintended consequences” in gauging the mobile workforce. Corporations have been feverishly attempting to stay in front of the adoption of organization’s information…
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Mobile Reaches a Tipping Point for Retailers: Video
A video describing the results of the holiday shopping season. The study was rather comprehensive with over 800 retail sites used as the benchmark for this research. On Christmas Day, online sales were up 16%. Of these sales, almost one half (48%) of the traffic was from mobile devices (smart phones and tablets). The research…