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How Game Theory Explains Why Retail Businesses Like to Locate Close to their Competition
Many thanks to Geoff for spotting this superb video that explains the role of game theory in influencing where businesses choose to locate.
Mumsnet Continues to Ride the Digital Wave
Mumsnet has been around quite a while. Sixteen years to be precise - it was created almost exactly the same time as tutor2u! During that time the opportunities and threats for digital content...
Does money motivate? A scientific and legal approach to the question
Another fantastic TED Talk in which Dan Pink analyses the puzzle that is motivation.
Diseconomies with Mickey Mouse
Fantasia is the timeless Disney film which popularised the classic poem by Goethe in which a young sorcerer’s apprentice unleashes forces which he cannot control.
The Biz Quiz - 14 October 2015
The latest edition of the Biz Quiz has a bonus 11th question! Can you still get 100%?
Counting the Cost of Stock-Outs
Inventory (or stock) control is a prominent feature of the new A Level Business specifications and the importance of avoiding stock-outs is highlighted by some new global retail research.
Drone Rangers - The Technology & Business of Drones
Amazon hit the headlines recently with this suggestion that they could use drones to deliver parcels under the Amazon Prime scheme. That might have seemed a little far-fetched (even if it was...
Paul Polman: Leadership and Sustainability
Paul Polman is a CEO that BUSS4 students really need to get to know. Polman is CEO of Unilever, a multinational that has successfully encouraged shareholders to adopt a business model based around...
A simply fantastic 5 minute video from the excellent Andrew Hill (FT) explores the concept of CSR - corporate social responsibility.Hill explores the concept of "conscious capitalism", a...
Here is one of my all-time favourite video clips for business studies, featuring one of my business heroes - Herb Kelleher.Herb who? You might not have heard of Herb Kelleher. However, I highly...
Pitch to Rich 2015 - Insights into Branson & Entrepreneurship
Give this a watch. Show it to your students. It might just be the trigger than inspires them to be entrepreneurial.
Blurred lines...
A great way to teach copyright is to look at the recent case of Robin Thicke and Pharell Williams - who were accused of breaching copyright of Marvin Gaye. The Grammy nominated song Blurred Lines...
Leadership – Start with Why
To paraphrase @tutor2u_graham, this video is 17 minutes of "Pure Leadership Gold Dust!".
Howard Schultz - The Man Who Globalised Coffee
Regular readers of the tutor2u Business Blog know that I'm a huge fan of Howard Schultz. So imagine my delight when I came across this new 5-minute video profile that explores the background to the...
How Important is Pay as a Motivator?
Does it make sense for a business to pay its staff as little as possible, in order to cut costs and be able to compete, or to raise wages in order to stimulate greater motivation, and gain employee...
Samsung: Boston Matrix, Culture and Dividend Yield
A great blog post on South Korean multinational giant Samsung for Business Students.
Leadership: Tough Decisions to Turn Starbucks Around
Here is a gem of an interview with Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks. In this short (3 minute) clip he discusses the difficult decisions he had to make about the business when he returned as CEO,...
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