Blogs1 - 10 of 24 recent posts for tag:trade-offs
08
Nov
2009
There is Nothing New in Marketing Except Catch Phrases

1 day ago by Rags Srinivasan

Marketing is about segmentation and targeting there is nothing more to it. Segmentation is recognizing that different people buy different products for different reasons and finding those reasons, occasions, usage scenarios and hence what the customer is willing to pay for. Targeting is delivering v ...

Iterative Path - iterativepath.wordpress.com · Rank: 143,273 · 4 references

The Long and the Short of Fidelity and Convenience Traps

1 day ago by Rags Srinivasan

In introducing the concept of Fidelity and Convenience Traps, I wrote that traps are where a firm is stuck in when its strategy and innovation are aligned with one factor while the market as a whole prefers another. These traps are a result of relatively stable preference (stable over a longer perio ...

Iterative Path - iterativepath.wordpress.com · Rank: 143,273 · 4 references

04
Nov
2009
Form Follows Function

6 days ago by Chief

What you you picture when you hear the phrase “form follows function”? Do you envision an architectural structure? An artist’s painting? A toothbrush? Clearly, we mean that form is the after-thought and function is the primary objective. Or do we mean that the form of an object is driven by its func ...

cat brain.log | less - log.largevoid.com

03
Nov
2009
Urgency in Home Sale Forces Trade-Offs

7 days ago by Jeff Johnston

When the decision has been made to sell your home, everyone wants to sell quickly and at the optimum price, but that is not always possible. In fact, in today's market that is extremely unlikely. I wrote a blog post on my company website recently entitled House On Fire. It talks about how sellers ne ...

Smart Decisions/Reasonable ... - jeffpref.com

27
Oct
2009
Programs That Can Make Your Computer Run Faster

14 days ago by raziin

It’s a common problem among computer users: after a few months, our computers become weighed down by programs and all sorts of other junk, and inevitably become sluggish. For the less tech-savvy users, this may induce thoughts like “Why is my computer so terrible?” or “I guess I could always upgrade ...

raziin online - raziin.wordpress.com

Biological Trade-offs, or Why Brooding is Bad For Dad!

14 days ago by dragonflywoman

In biology, we talk a lot about trade-offs. This usually means that when something gets better in one aspect of an organism’s biology, something else suffers. Consider a tree species in a forest and its ability to survive a forest fire. Now imagine that this species almost always experiences one typ ...

Dragonfly Woman's Blog - dragonflywoman.wordpress.com · 1 reference

25
Oct
2009
Everything you ever wanted to know about the economics of biofuel?

15 days ago by zilber11

Biofuel policy must evaluate environmental, food security and energy goals to maximize net benefits Model estimates food-versus-biofuel trade-off http://www.agbioforum.org/v12n1/v12n1a12-zilberman.htm

Professor David Zilberman - professorzilberman.com

09
Oct
2009
A journey through Africa (II)

32 days ago by whpi

Video Un ceai in Sahara

The Sheltering Sky (1990) – Bernardo Bertolucci Am revazut filmul de curand, il dau incontinuu pe DD tv (l-am recunoscut in timp ce zapam); si mi-am reamintit ca este unul din cele mai bune filme pe care le-am vazut. Suntem dupa cel de-al doilea razboi mondial, haladuind prin Sahara alaturi de 3 int ...

Whpi's Blog - whpi.wordpress.com · 2 references

08
Sep
2009
Dumnezeu este comunist?

63 days ago by whpi

“Everything Marx told us about communism was false. But it turns out that everything he told us about capitalism was true.” Comunismul este o utopie. A ramas in istorie ca o pata neagra si plina de putregai tocmai din acest motiv: pentru ca nu poate fi pus in practica; nu de om, in orice caz. Cum ni ...

Whpi's Blog - whpi.wordpress.com · 2 references

09
Aug
2009
New studies will look at whether ‘watchful waiting’ is best option for ...

93 days ago by Jim Tucker

SAN ANTONIO HEALTH: Two US national studies taking place in San Antonio are focusing on watchful waiting and aim to give men more definitive answers as they consider the trade-offs between the anxiety of living with prostate cancer and the well-known side effects of surgery and radiation. READ MORE>

Prosta-blog - prostablog.wordpress.com · Rank: 17,645 · 11 references

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