美国广告新趋势

广告在创意、媒介、客户等方面,每天都在发生着巨大变化,美国的广告市场变化也在推动着世界广告变化,每个地区的经济形势也都在驱动着广告资金如何花费。当然,这种广告趋势的改变很多时候是与消费者如何获得信息与娱乐的大量选择相关的。科学技术已经创造了更新、更快、更小、更便宜的信息和娱乐的方式,这些方式使可储存、可下载、可传递的内容更多更便捷,现在美国消费者可以通过手机铃声来     

AIDS is your business

If your company operates in a developing country, AIDS is your business. While Africa has received the most attention, AIDS is also spreading swiftly in other parts of the world. Russia and Ukraine had the fastest-growing epidemics last year, and many experts believe China and India will suffer the next tidal wave of infection. Why should executives be concerned about AIDS? Because it is destroying the twin rationales of globalization strategy-cheap labor and fast-growing markets--in countries where people are heavily affected by the epidemic. Fortunately, investments in programs that prevent infection and provide treatment for employees who have HIV/AIDS are profitable for many businesses--that is, they lead to savings that outweigh the programs' costs. Due to the long latency period between HIV infection and the onset of AIDS symptoms, a company is not likely to see any of the costs of HIV/AIDS until five to ten years after an employee is infected. But executives can calculate the present value of epidemic-related costs by using the discount rate to weigh each cost according to its expected timing. That allows companies to think about expenses on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programs as investments rather than merely as costs. The authors found that the annual cost of AIDS to six corporations in South Africa and Botswana ranged from 0.4% to 5.9% of the wage bill. All six companies would have earned positive returns on their investments if they had provided employees with free treatment for HIV/AIDS in the form of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), according to the mathematical model the authors used. The annual reduction in the AIDS "tax" would have been as much as 40.4%. The authors' conclusion? Fighting AIDS not only helps those infected; it also makes good business sense.     

What really works

When it comes to improving business performance, managers have no shortage of tools and techniques to choose from. But what really works? What's critical, and what's optional? Two business professors and a former McKinsey consultant set out to answer those questions. In a ground-breaking, five-year study that involved more than 50 academics and consultants, the authors analyzed 200 management techniques as they were employed by 160 companies over ten years. Their findings at a high level? Business basics really matter. In this article, the authors outline the management practices that are imperative for sustained superior financial performance--their "4+2 formula" for business success. They provide examples of companies that achieved varying degrees of success depending on whether they applied the formula, and they suggest ways that other companies can achieve excellence. The 160 companies in their study--called the Evergreen Project--were divided into 40 quads, each comprising four companies in a narrowly defined industry. Based on its performance between 1986 and 1996, each company in each quad was classified as either a winner (for instance, Dollar General), a loser (Kmart), a climber (Target), or a tumbler (the Limited). Without exception, the companies that outperformed their industry peers excelled in what the authors call the four primary management practices: strategy, execution, culture, and structure. And they supplemented their great skill in those areas with a mastery of any two of four secondary management practices: talent, leadership, innovation, and mergers and partnerships. A company that consistently follows this 4+2 formula has a better than 90% chance of sustaining superior performance, according to the authors.     

从“傲游事件”看视频客户端深层价值

正推进视频广告发展的有效方法之一是利用自身优势,充分发掘不同用户的观看习惯,推送真正有针对性、用户不会屏蔽的广告。最近针对视频广告方面,傲游上演了一场快进门——60秒的广告能缩短至5秒播完。为此视频网和广告主们都绷紧了神经。是为用户谋福利推崇快进功能,还是平衡视频网站与广告主的权益?看到这一矛盾现象,作为视频客户端的代表     

车削圆柱中消除回转体锥度的创新方法

本文阐述了在车削加工专业的实习教学中,圆柱工件表面易产生锥度的原因,消除锥度的传统方法,在车工教学实践中发现的新方法可以方便、有效地消除锥度,具有实用性强的良好效果。通过介绍一种极为方便简捷的操作方法,采用运动合成原理,解决了普通或数控车床加工圆柱体过程中产生锥度的问题。     

巴菲特：世界最伟大的投资家（四）

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