MishTalk

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

Search Engine Traffic Search engine traffic (if someone found by blog via a search rather than a bookmark) looks like this. Google took over in 2008, introducing its Chrome browser, which caught up with Firefox by 2012. The trouble is, that policy doesn''t take effect until January 2016.

Balance Sheet 28

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Harvard Business

JUNE 2, 2016

I looked at quarterly earnings call transcripts for Yahoo and two of its competitors from late 2005 to the first quarter of 2016 and counted mentions of “mobile,” “phone,” or “smartphone.” In 2011 we were playing a bit of catch-up compared to the market. Or did they get it and just fail to execute?

Turnaround 28

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MishTalk

JUNE 20, 2014

He''s the one who tried to convince us that Saddam Hussein might have helped engineer the September 11 attacks, and who said in 2005 that the insurgency in Iraq was "in its last throes." (The Her admission that she got it wrong is a complete 180 from her defense of the vote during her previous presidential campaign in 2008.

Government 78

Government Journal Film Groups 78

Harvard Business

JANUARY 5, 2018

The chief marketing officers at consumer products companies, the heads of design at luxury apparel companies, and the heads of logistics at large retailers are cases in point. They are not employees; they are contingent workers who are nonetheless vital to an organization’s R&D, marketing, and other key processes.

Talent 28

Talent McKinsey Apparel Sales 28

MishTalk

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

US Recession The US won''t decouple, just as China did not decouple from the global economy in 2008-2009 (a widely-held thesis I also knocked at the time). With equity markets galore hitting record high s clearly I must be missing something big! This was my call. He titled his research " Contemplating My Own Insanity - Again ".

Energy 28

Energy Data Metrics Marketing 28

Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2017

There were approximately 180,000 new H-1B visas issued in 2016, according to State Department data. These must qualify as “specialty occupations,” which typically require a bachelor’s degree (or the equivalent) and are found in fields such as science, engineering, information technology, medicine, and business.

Engineering 29

Engineering Talent Information Technology Information Technology 29

Harvard Business

JANUARY 5, 2017

Political campaigns are marketing campaigns, messages aimed at selling a product. But in the last two contests in which Hillary Clinton has participated, the 2008 primary and the 2016 election, she won on most of these metrics — and lost the elections. Yet by 2004 its market share was down to 3%.

Media 31

Media Advertising Metrics Productivity 31

Harvard Business

JULY 5, 2016

” Vodaphone is considering moving its headquarters out of the UK and its CEO Vittorio Colao had told the BBC that a Brexit would preclude it from a giant new single market. A third of VC investments in Europe were focused on the UK in the first quarter of 2016, according to CBInsights. billion as compared to $4.4

Talent 28

Talent Enterprise Industry Software 28