Let’s start with Starbucks. Starbucks argues that its customers do not buy coffee from Starbucks only for having coffee; they buy it because they want the “Starbucks experience”. The company says that every cup of coffee is sold on back of the “Starbucks” brand, and therefore, a portion of the profit made from every cup
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World Order (by Henry Kissinger) – Key Takeaways from Book
Kissinger explains the concept of World Order, explains factors affecting this concept, and in the end contrasts Islamic World Order with Westphalian World Order. In his opinion, Westphalian World Order is better. What’s your opinion?
The Smartest Guys in the Room – Key Takeaways from book
“The smartest guys in the room” is about Enron, a company that filed the biggest bankruptcy case in the history of the United States on December 2nd, 2001. Some of the key takeaways from the book are as follows: Smartest Guys in the room – Key takeaways We focus a lot on the ambitions and
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Sony Xperia phones are the best android phones around
and it is sad that they are now looking to sell their mobile division because of losses. I decided to buy a new phone last year November and had many options like Samsung Galaxy S5, HTC M8, Sony Xperia Z3, LG G3, and Iphone 5s. My criteria for the perfect phone was: Battery life: Could
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Book review: A Plea to the Retail Investors
Bob Rice, author of “The Alternative Answer”, is Managing Partner of Tangent Capital and is known to viewers of Bloomberg TV as their alternative investments editor. Much of The Alternative Answer will convey familiar information to those who have followed the quest for alpha over the years. Those working in investment industry will hardly encounter with any sense of
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Book review: After the Music Stopped: The Financial Crisis
Throughout this long and multifaceted work on the recent financial crisis and its aftermath, Professor Blinder demonstrates that he is the rare academic economist who writes clearly about a complicated topic, clarifying complex issues for readers who remain confused about what happened. Some readers may find his proposed remedies problematic.
Book review: Europe’s Unfinished Currency. The Political Economics of the Euro
Thomas Mayer argues persuasively that Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) could work if the member states would embrace a new EMU architecture. Even though all past monetary unions of sovereign states have failed, Mayer remains hopeful that the EMU can develop a more robust framework and contribute to the historical work of European unification.
Corruption Spotlight: Board Exams System
I got to know this just because my brother has been through his matriculation exams recently. The state of education system in Pakistan is at its worst these days. There is a bunch of Government School teachers that prepares students for the board exams. They do not work much on the students in the start
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My experience with Nokia E72
The biggest problem I have faced with Symbian mobile phones is that they are unbearably slow. I used N73 earlier and so wanted to get rid of it due to its slow speed. Most of the Nokia phones get slow after the inbox messages go above 1000. Thus, after lot of research and analysis, I
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