by Andrew White | January 25, 2011 | Comments Off
I just finished reading the World Bank’s, “Global Economic Prospects: Crisis, Finance and Growth 2010”. I should have read it 6 months ago when it was published! But, the information was very interesting. The booklet provided a brief summary of the causes of the economic crisis that was triggered by the financial crisis. The data [...]
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Category: Economy Tags: Global Economy
by Andrew White | December 16, 2010 | Comments Off
I am just wrapping up a note on “Do Organizations with ERP “need” MDM?” We take many inquiries from users with large packaged application suites (some called ERP) and many such users are struggling with the MDM question. Interestingly, thought the question is simple, it turns out the answer is not as simple. It turns [...]
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by Andrew White | December 9, 2010 | 2 Comments
It is always cool to see your own company in the newspaper. Well, not always – I suppose it depends on the reason. I get a real kick when I see Gartner coverage in the FT – my favorite printed newspaper. This last week saw yet another focus on “The Connected Enterprise” which resulted in [...]
Category: Economy Pattern-Based Strategy Tags: Economics, Patter-Based Strategy
by Andrew White | October 11, 2010 | Comments Off
I spotted a couple of news worthy items in the last few days, both on war. One concerned the First World War, the other, the potential for currency wars. October 3rd, 2010, was the official “end” to WWI. The UK’s Telegraph reported that the final reparations payment was to be made on Sunday. This would [...]
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by Andrew White | September 2, 2010 | 3 Comments
As I waited for my plane to Detroit day before yesterday I was browsing my CNBC news reader on my iPhone. I spotted an article I found very interested: Crisis Panel Chair: Politics May Have Doomed Lehman. The chair of another inquiry into the financial crises, the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, Phil Angelides, has concluded [...]
by Andrew White | August 23, 2010 | Comments Off
I saw an interesting article in today’s print edition of the FT. The headline was, “Why the nee GM is just a hedge fund in disguise”. The author, Tony Jackson, highlights how the recent talk of an IPO drew out estimates of a valuation for GM of about $60bn. However, GM’s pension fund, the largest [...]
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Category: Economy Tags: Auto Industry, Economy
by Andrew White | July 28, 2010 | 1 Comment
It was another one of those weeks – a “love in” with the Economist. A bunch of articles peaked my interest this week and thankfully I happened to travel to/from Indianapolis which provided the time. I rarely open up my laptop when I travel this year (thus impacting productivity) unless I get upgraded. Due to [...]
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by Andrew White | May 11, 2010 | Comments Off
Daily Telegraph reports today on possible impact on UK for it spurning a request for pan-European assistance for “bail-out fund”. Given the degree of dependancy between UK and Europe, this won’t last. Though no one can actualy afford to pay to support the bail-out, the UK will have to follow and sign up. I read on CNBC [...]
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by Andrew White | May 10, 2010 | Comments Off
The Daily Telegraph web edition tonight posted a story that shows you the sham that the Labour Party has become in the UK. Roundly defeated in the General Election just completed, Labour cannot achieve a majority government even with the Liberal Democrats. John Reid, the former Labour Home Secretary, summed it up nicely as quoted [...]
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by Andrew White | May 7, 2010 | Comments Off
Book of the Month (April): The Holy Grail of Macro Economics – Lessons from Japan’s Great Recession, Richard Koo, Wiley, 2008. I wish I had read this book in 2008! Much of the story is eerily consistent with the issues the current global economic climate is suffering with. The premise of the book is startling; [...]
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