Archive for August, 2005
Do not base your business model on change in human behavior
As search technology for images has improved and prices for digital devices (including cameras that are now incorporated in mobile phones, PDA, etc.) for taking pictures, I am seeing opportunities for growth in the imaging industry coming from several dimensions. But all this time, reports from market research companies (as shown in the chart below) [...]
Merck backs off from aggressive legal strategy
If Merck had done what it did yesterday the day it announced a recall of Vioxx, it would not have become a classic example of shareholder value destruction. It is completely understandable that any business, particularly drugmakers, will end up having products that do not perform the way they are intended to and will hurt [...]

