Knowledge@Wharton has published an interesting article about the strategy of the fashion label Burberry. “Founded in London 1856 by draper’s apprentice Thomas Burberry and known for outfitting British military and global explorers, Burberry has evolved into a multi-faceted luxury brand that has more than 300 company-owned stores and concessions in high-end department stores around the [...]

Paul J.H. Schoemaker, research director for the Mack Center for Technological Innovation, suggests that, for some companies, the economic crisis can actually provide an innovation platform: “The crisis has multiple impacts: Loss of revenue and profit will at first instill a cost cutting mentality, which is not good for innovation. But if the patient is [...]

$29 billion for the Bear Stearns mess $700 billion to buy spoiled assets $200 billion to buy stock in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac $85 billion loan to AIG insurance $37.8 billion for AIG $250 billion for bank stocks Hundreds of billions in guarantees to back up money market funds and to guarantee bank deposits. [...]

As the financial crisis continues to roil credit and stock markets around the globe, it seems that no country or continent is being spared the consequences. Brazil, Russia, India and China — the BRIC countries — are no exception. In this Knowledge@Wharton podcast, Shiv Khemka, vice chairman of SUN Group, based in London, New Delhi [...]

Knowledge@Wharton has published interviews with Richard Marston and Jeremy Siegel according to the topic “Will the Bank Plan Revive Global Markets?” Professor Marston points out that… “The initial plan was to buy up the debt. [...] The new plan focuses on equity. I think there’s a greater chance for success for two reasons. First of [...]