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Management Behaviour & Twittering of Geese
An early version of a manuscript has been discovered amongst the archives, so here it is with a particular relevance today in defining the game boundaries of a management team, wherein products survive, markets evolve and firms grow. As players, management adapt to their environment and adopt new strategies just like a family of geese…
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Edited Ethics: Mr ‘Three Eyes’
What you and I need is ethics redefined. Would you sacrifice the life of one man to save five? – check the debate at bit/ly/otfatman. What’s your decision? Your answer will reveal a philosophy, your sense of ethics. .Can we apply a philosophical reasoning to the business world? This is the challenge we set in…
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Professional development in Ethics in Business
Interested in adopting or adapting a code of ethical practice for your business? Are you searching for a concise, discrete, and mission-specific overview of ethics in business, with easy to understand concepts and guidance on how to implement with key applications. If you would like to discuss the possibility of developing an executive short course…
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Applied Game Theory and Strategy
Using company data, compiled a minimax/maximin payoff matrix for international client to assist management on a second brand strategy in the EU. Provided a strategic overview coupled with a detailed NPV statistical analysis and risk-on profile on the likely impact of increased obesity rates amongst age cohorts for medical group. Prepared high level executive memo…
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Plenary presentation at a Midland’s Think Tank
Plenary presentation at a Midland’s Think Tank on technology and data organised by Midas Technologies, the paper focused on big data patterns and cloud security. Who owns the personal data? We do. Explores the creation of tax efficient cloud services ‘free trade’ zone in Ireland. Plenary presentation
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Invited guest presentation at the University of Munich
Invited guest presentation at Workshop on the theme of ‘Bildung and Education’ at the University of Munich April 2014; the paper explores the concept of self and draws an inference from Foucault to explore the meaning of education and learning. Munich Paper 2014
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Whither the Euro? The Liar’s Paradox
Whither the Euro? The Liar’s Paradox In Dickens’ Hard Times the character Mr Gradgrind can’t help but speak about Facts to his pupils: ‘Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else’. As we listen to…
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Activist shareholders, Tobin’s q = Marris v
Investors generally over-react to good and bad times. Equity values are now increasing at a decreasing rate across the indexes as investors anticipate corporate earnings and begin to read the signals; many investors extrapolate past share price performance, and using an moving average or charting the trends in the share price are de rigueur in…
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Who Owns our Personal Data?
Who Owns our Personal Data? Personal information and data stored in the cloud have an inherent high ‘tradable’ value – they facilitate the discovery of patterns. We trust the providers and processors and distributors of the data, they retrieve our personal data and they can and do use it. Our data is now a tradable…
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Memo to Ms Ahrendts
MEMO Re: Apple Inc: Play not to lose: Minimax strategy Dear Ms Ahrendts Congratulations on your recent appointment. We have been commenting on Apple for a number of years in this Blog, and from the perspective of game theory. You should challenge everything about the data – market share figures, consumer loyalty and the source…