Filed in archive Technology
by tj on August 30, 2003
Technologyreview has an excellent article about location based services. It introduces some interesting, although slow in take off, business models from AT&T's friend finder to NTT's...
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Filed in archive Technology
by tj on August 30, 2003
Roland Piquepaille writes about a newly automated system to eliminate the need for air traffic controllers. It's an extension to current ILS systems and could lead to a more automated air traffic...
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Filed in archive Politics
by tj on August 30, 2003
I have another favorite topic: globalization. There is an interesting new paper from Stanley Fischer. The paper gives a very good overview about global economic developments in the last decade and...
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by tj on August 30, 2003
This is a new record. While I'm used to be exposed to spam and email based viruses, more than 15 emails with the worm arrived tonight.......
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Filed in archive Global Economy
by tj on August 29, 2003
This time the Economist has taken up my most favorite topic. It displays some of the current issues to deal with. Visa regulations and political interferences will probably not last long. More...
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Filed in archive Global Economy
by tj on August 29, 2003
The German magazine 'Wirtschaftswoche' has sponsored a survey (sorry for so much German content today) about the competitiveness of German managers. Not surprisingly they score good in...
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Filed in archive Global Economy
by tj on August 29, 2003
Since my last post it has been a bit more quite about the emergence of new discount car rentals. A new kid on the block is Geizcars.de. I'm not sure if they are already operational. But the...
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on August 29, 2003
I just read through all the (often less content filled) news, which piled up during my vacation. August has been less crowded with VC investments - to use a more polite term. Ventureblog has a rather...
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on August 29, 2003
or better not to sell. Network Enginuity is openly looking for a buyer on it's website. The M&A market is normally very sensitive to transparency. Both sellers as well as buyers stick to a...
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Filed in archive by tj on August 21, 2003
I'm actually in northern France and try to find some competitive French business models. As of now I know; the tourism industry is for sure very competitive.......
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Filed in archive Entrepreneurship
by tj on August 16, 2003
A rather new and pretty good research focuses on the very different takeoff cycles for products in various countries. It draws some main conclusions: Sales of most new products display a distinct...
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Filed in archive Global Economy
by tj on August 15, 2003
Richard Layard, an economics professor at the London School of Economics, reviewed the various evidence from psychology, sociology and his own discipline to get an overview what are the incentives for...
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by tj on August 14, 2003
Google has extended the features of its web search. Now you can use an online calculator with thousands of in-build physical constants. It seems a bit like Google engineers have to much (spare) time...
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Filed in archive Global Economy
by tj on August 13, 2003
You can refuse this indicator but private trading activities outline the interest in stock markets. This article suggests the return of day-traders and "UK on-line trading volumes, meanwhile,...
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by tj on August 12, 2003
While the internet has been started by researchers and technologists it took a good while until the first electronic exchanges for intellectual property (IP) have appeared. The transaction costs for...
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by tj on August 12, 2003
The Defense Department has setup a Project Alpha to coordinate knowledge about robotics. "Across the Department of Defense, people don't really have the big picture. They don't understand...
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by tj on August 11, 2003
Techdirt writes about a start-up from Stanford with a new idea speeding up the page rank algorithm. Indeed this might be a helpful innovation by itself, but aspirations are stronger: "Kaltix is a...
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by tj on August 11, 2003
Justin Hitt points out 10 good lessons for every CIO. Some more lessons from my side: - Carefully balance in- and outsourcing (simply outsource as much headache as possible, as long it is not...
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by tj on August 10, 2003
The IEEE has announced yet another wireless transmission standard. Its value proposition - WPAN enables connectivity between multimedia devices within a personal operating space. It is supposed to...
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on August 09, 2003
Another incredible support for eBay comes from Australia. While eBay is going shopping in 'Emergent Markets' , competition is loosing ground in developed markets. Yahoo had to face reality as...
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Filed in archive Global Economy
by tj on August 09, 2003
match.com has reached an agreement to increase traffic for it's German customers. Revenues from paying customers will be shared between T-Online and match.com. However T-Online.de is still the...
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Filed in archive Entrepreneurship
by tj on August 07, 2003
More and more valley entrepreneurs have developed a special faith for human space travel and reusable launch vehicles (RLVs). Dennis Tito, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and others are managing or investing on...
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Filed in archive Politics
by tj on August 07, 2003
is not really answered in this article but adds some spice to the discussion. It is quite funny and probably not really true, but a worthwhile read.......
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on August 07, 2003
Alien Technology - a low cost RFID developer has received the substantial amount of USD 38 mio for further growth. Another example that investors are confident that RFIDs will produce sustainable...
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by tj on August 06, 2003
I was writing enthusiastically some time back about pedestrian navigation services. Vodafone has included Mapway into the Vodafone live! service. So did O2 some days back. It makes use of the location...
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Filed in archive Global Economy
by tj on August 05, 2003
The NYT writes about a modern genius - Steven Levitt. He assesses common issues of modern life with vivid new economic spirit. It reminds me a bit of David Friedman's book.It's a jewel of a...
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by tj on August 05, 2003
I just learned about the amount and intensity of partnerships in the automobile industry. It's amazing how strongly more and more car makers work together. Sure the industry is still consolidating...
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by tj on August 05, 2003
Techdirt elaborates on the reluctance to use social software in businesses (like LinkedIN). They stress the argument that there is a smaller incentive for established networks for bringing contacts...
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by tj on August 05, 2003
Somehow, I did miss this. Joi has clarified his personal predictions were the future of micro-content and personal communication technology is. Joi is obviously very involved in social soft- and...
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