Archive for the 'biznomics' Category

Apple in Japan

« 10 August 2004 | 14:21 | Japan, biznomics, macnuttery, tokyo life | 1 Comment »

Decent review for those unawares here by JapanConsuming.

Sony is a Buy

« 9 August 2004 | 11:42 | Japan, biznomics, sonystyle | No Comments »

So says this guy.
No comment :)

Competition by Flooding

« 3 August 2004 | 11:41 | Japan, biznomics, sonystyle | No Comments »

Hiking NW-HD1 production. Definitely Sony style.

Sony’s Finances

« 29 July 2004 | 11:53 | biznomics, sonystyle | No Comments »

NYT on Sony’s recent earnings report.
Profits up. But no thanks to the audio business.

Hello Quality Control

« 23 July 2004 | 12:35 | Japan, biznomics, sonystyle | No Comments »

Erg, bad press. I am willing to bet there is plenty more bad press in English than in Japanese. In otherwords, HQ does not have as accurate a pulse on customer sentiments as it should.

Sony Korea

« 14 July 2004 | 11:23 | Japan, biznomics, sonystyle | No Comments »

Whoops – Sony Korea doesn’t fare as well as Samsung Japan.

Bubblegeneration

« 12 July 2004 | 16:02 | biznomics, diary | No Comments »

I’ll be toning down posting frequency over here for the next couple weeks. Umair of Bubblegeneration has kindly agreed to let Mittal and me post to his blog while he’s on vacation. I’ll be keeping with the themes of strategy and market disruption over there, so stay tuned here for other more Japan-related [...]

Netflicks for Books

« 7 July 2004 | 11:57 | Internet, biznomics | No Comments »

BooksFree.com Re-emphasizes the role of the public library as a place to escape.

Sony DualDisc CD?

« 30 June 2004 | 8:49 | biznomics, sonystyle | 1 Comment »

Ugh. Sony Music International might bring in DVD/CD discs. Just another example of how little team work Sony has.

Apple und BMW

« 18 June 2004 | 1:46 | biznomics, macnuttery | No Comments »

I commented once a while back that Sony should do something like this – team up with BMW; especially with its Qualia line if it was serious. Now it’s bound never to happen. Oh well.
I didn’t write much because I’m simultaneously watching the iTunes Music Store Launch for Europe. Jobs is a [...]