Word: dotcom
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Fiorina's future, HP follows the mantras of the dotcom era: get big fast and diversify, keeping your fingers in as many pies as possible (in this case, the PC business, the server business, the consultancy business, and printing and imaging). Hewlett's vision is more classic and conservative: avoid spreading your resources too widely, and focus on what you do best--and what you're known for. In HP's case, that's printing and imaging. Hewlett would have HP ditch most of its low-margin PC business. Until recently, Wall Street seemed to be in lockstep with Hewlett...
Most of the business flameouts of Asia's Internet bust followed a familiar pattern: dotcom forms Web portal. Dotcom raises millions in an overhyped, undercooked public stock offering. Dotcom blows millions trying to get big. Dotcom vanishes in a flurry of unpaid bills...
...some deals?lots of them. The result is that Tom.com has become far grander than an ordinary dotcom. It is now the biggest publisher of print media in Taiwan, with more than 40 magazine titles, ranging from the island's premier business weekly to the Chinese-language version of Marie Claire. It is also the largest outdoor advertising firm in China. As the dominant player in the emerging sports marketing industry in the mainland, Tom.com is the favorite to become the sole Chinese advertising agent for the 2008 Beijing Olympics...
...That's assuming the deal goes through. In the wake of the Enron debacle, questions are being raised about Global Crossing's aggressive accounting practices. And even if a bankruptcy judge approves the bailout, it could take another dotcom boom for the investment to pan out. Li, however, doesn't mind taking big risks for big rewards...
Accurately or not, especially since dreams of quick dotcom millions collapsed, recruiting has become perceived as the launchpad to a successful career. In the second part of FM’s look at recruiting, see how two seniors try to follow the money...