Archive for December 14th, 2011

Want to own a pro sports team? … Hint: get a Georgetown degree.

December 14, 2011

According to the WSJ …

If you want to own a pro-sports franchise, an advanced degree from Harvard or an undergrad degree from Georgetown (plus a few hundred million dollars) is the place to start.

Among the 122 franchises in the four major North American pro leagues, more owners graduated from Harvard’s business or law school (seven) than any other institution.

But, when it comes to undergraduate degrees, Georgetown is No. 1.

Five owners earned their undergraduate degrees there, including embattled Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and Washington’s Ted Leonsis, who owns the Wizards and Capitals.

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Thanks to CS for feeding the lead …

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Knock, knock … here’s your Big Mac.

December 14, 2011

TakeAway: Fast food franchises are replacing drive-thru with delivery in Asia, Middle East, & African markets. Comin’ to America?

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Excerpt from WSJ: “Asia Delivers for McDonald’s”

Delivery is becoming an important part of McDonalds and KFC where cities are too crowded and real estate costs too high to build drive-throughs.

KFC offers delivery in more than half its 3,500 restaurants in China, and estimates delivery in more than 2,000 new KFC restaurants in China over the next decade.

McDonalds says delivery sales have been posting double-digit growth every year in every country where it’s offered. In Egypt, where McDonald’s first started offering delivery in 1994, more than 30% of total sales come from delivery.

Still, it’s not a model either company plans to export to Western markets. McDonald’s derives about two-thirds of its sales in the U.S. from drive -through customers.

In some countries, such as China, customers pay a flat fee for delivery. In others, people pay a fee equal to 15% to 20% of their order price.

Edited by ARK

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DIY ultrasounds … all you need is a smartphone

December 14, 2011

In a recent Advanced Marketing Strategy class, we were talking about “disruptive innovation” … stripped down technologies that attack the low-end of markets (i.e. “low-end encroachment”).

One of the examples in healthcare are ultrasound machines.  It used to be that all ultrasound machines were big, sophisticated and costly.

The full-featured ultrasounds got scaled down in functionality and price.  Many of the low-cost machines have found their way into ob-gyn offices where non-radiologist docs scan pregnant women for views of their babies.

Now, those machines have been scaled down … to a smartphone app.

Be a hit at the next party … bring your smartphone ultrasound and start scanning.

Here’s a demo …

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