Posts Tagged: technology industry

Kellogg’s Big Investment

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Since Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management’s already sends a huge number of its MBAs into technology fields, it is investing even more in tech as a future home for its graduates.   Questions: What percentage of Northwestern Kellogg’s MBA Class of 2019 went into jobs in the tech industry? What is Northwestern’s current popular program even… Read more »

Looking for an internship?

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According to Glassdoor, who ranks internship opportunities, nearly half of the twenty-five most lucrative internships are in the technology field. Questions: Which fields follow technology as the most lucrative? Which company tops the list with a median monthly salary of $8,000? Which was the most surprising to you and why?  Source: Eadicicco, L (2019) The… Read more »

Who is watching the watchers?

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According to the FTC, Vizio used 11 million televisions to spy on its customers. The television maker agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle a case with the FTC and the New Jersey attorney general’s office after the agencies accused it of secretly collecting — and selling — data about its customers’ locations, demographics and… Read more »

The End of Yahoo’s core business

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Yahoo announced, finally, that its core internet business would be sold to Verizon for $4.83 billion in cash. Questions: 1. What was Yahoo valued at in 2000? 2. Explain some of the forces that led to the end of Yahoo as we know it. 3. Who is the chief executive of Yahoo and how long… Read more »

Brazil’s Technology Expansion

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The depreciation of the Brazilian real, which is the worst-performing major currency this year, may be helping reignite economic growth in Brazil after a “weak” first quarter of 2012. Economic growth in Brazil, the world’s sixth biggest economy, has been recovering more slowly than anticipated even as the government steps up interest rate cuts and… Read more »