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...Does Separate Equal Free? Hsieh's thinking resonates among a significant portion of Taiwan's population. The DPP's political base - mainly the longtime Taiwanese residents of the island - completely rejects the idea that Taiwan has any connection to China. The party sees itself as the true champion of this spirit of independence, compared to the KMT, with its old ties to the mainland. The DPP is "much more committed to defending Taiwan's de facto independence and Taiwan's democracy," says Hsiao Bi-khim, the international-affairs director for Hsieh's campaign. "We are not at all willing...
Messier got a lot of big-picture things right at Vivendi. Before its finances unraveled toward the end of 2001, the European powerhouse had staked out a strong base in the U.S. with assets such as Universal Studios and USA Network. The company's formidable media and telecom presence in Europe, meanwhile, allowed Messier to tantalize people with talk about how they'd soon be downloading music, sending photos and even watching video on mobile devices. Convergence of delivery and content, he promised, meant companies like his could offer it all. "Vivendi had the correct vision: the conversion of broadband...
Michal Ann Strahilevitz, a professor of marketing at Golden Gate University in San Francisco who researches consumer interest in green, thinks Clorox's pursuing its core customer base--rather than trying to convert loyalists of other natural brands--is the smarter strategy. "Consumers come in different shades of green," she says. "Some are dark green, as in almost obsessive. But it's more typical for consumers to be light green, when the price they pay does not involve too much inconvenience or too much money." And that's exactly the way Clorox is shading...
...Media Club, believes that the “Quarterlife” project is “certainly an ambitious and well-intentioned effort,” he admits that it is “difficult to create a social network around new content without a firmly-established, passionate fan base...
...actually gave them our base map, and we were probably the first municipality to give them that data," says Per Kristensen, Nanaimo's chief technology officer. "Over time, that has just continued to increase." Nanaimo is betting that embracing Google, the ubiquitous search engine that has become the starting point for most internet searches, will be good for tourism...