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Many of the challenges facing Dell seem to spring from the very innovations that made it a juggernaut. By selling direct, Dell keeps a lid on overhead and offers customized computers at competitive prices, with relatively swift delivery. As the price of computing dropped, Dell was consistently able to shed costs and maintain a price advantage over rivals. But this year Dell's competitors have attacked that price gap. HP slashed thousands of jobs and reduced the number of assembly plants, streamlining its supply chain and enabling it to go head to head with Dell on low-end machines. Retailers...
...overwhelming majority of donors and alums contacted by The Crimson say they believe that fundraising will not be affected in the long-term.Harvard is an institution that transcends individuals, they say, and its fundraising effort—“a machine that’s such a well-oiled juggernaut,” in the words of one major donor—will not suffer despite the recent unrest.LOST IN TRANSITION Summers’ resignation in February means that the start of the University’s multi-billion-dollar capital campaign, slated to be the largest in the University?...
...mailbox is full of links to youtube.com and heated discussions about Social Security.Productive – Watching lecture videos. Here’s yet another way to help your grades without actually writing anything. Just sit back and absorb.Not so Productive – Watching “The Juggernaut Bitch” for the 90th time. I don’t care if he custom-made yo’ suit, close the browser window. In times as dire as exam period, youtube.com is not your friend. Productive – Sending out study guides. You’re helping...
...players on this stocker-team juggernaut? Nintendo, whose soccer games sell well as "youngsters get excited" by the Cup; Holcim, a Swiss building-materials company, because the Cup "always involves major infrastructure" additions; Heineken, the Dutch brewer, and Scottish & New Castle, a British pub operator (try to guess why); Canon, the Japanese imaging company, because "worldwide media attention" means fans will want to record the event; Fuji Photo, a Japanese film company (see Canon); Coca-Cola, one of the main sponsors; Tesco, a British takeaway-food retailer; InterContinental Hotels; Puma, the German sports-shoe company, because of "higher-than-average...
...taken an early lead in reaching the all-important youth consumers who live and breathe the game in the digital world. In mid-February, with little mainstream fanfare, Nike partnered with Google to launch joga.com a global social-networking site for soccer fans that mimics MySpace.com the networking juggernaut that Rupert Murdoch recently purchased for $580 million. The most innovative aspect of Nike's broad Joga Bonito (Portuguese for Play Beautiful) World Cup marketing campaign, joga.com has about 800,000 members from Chile, Afghanistan, Malaysia, New Zealand--you name it. The company says it adds a new member every eight...