Honda
Honda and the Supercub is probably the best known and most debated case in business strategy. In the 1950s, motor cycles were so...
Derrida
‘No one in the lunch room has ever heard of him. I can look him up on Google if you like’. When The Guardian newspaper sou...
US elections
It is inevitable that elections will sometimes be too close to call. But there are several reasons why such an outcome is ...
Company nationality
Should patriotic Scots, like myself, care that control of Glenmorangie whisky is passing into the hands of the French conglomerate LVMH...
US economy
If the world’s most powerful political leader were chosen by its whole population rather than that of the United States alone, there co...
House prices
Is this the end of the house price boom? There has never been a house price bubble, as there was a bubble in dot.com stocks, Vict...
Copyright – academic articles
My sceptical article on copyright in June provoked a furious reaction from industry lobbyists. Some correspondents even emphasise...
Employment of older people (2)
The two world wars of the twentieth century had enduring but different effects on population. The conflict of 1914-8 killed and m...
Employment of older people (1)
Last week, Britain’s National Audit Office issued a disturbing report on the employment of older people. The Office estimates th...
Markets for original equipment and spare parts
King Gillette discovered that he could give safety razors away because he would more than recoup the cost from sales of blades. H...