BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Steve van Wyk, CIO ING Bank – Building the preferred bank (with technology) !

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Stress, the University of Twente’s largest study association, organized an awesome guest-lecture with Steve van Wyk, CIO @ ING Bank. The theme of the lecture is  "Challenges @ ING" and one of the topics is the merger of the Postbank and ING, the challenges that came with it and how they were overcome. In this article I will provide some of the interesting topics from the lecture, and for those who haven't attended this lecture you really missed a great opportunity to have a detailed … [Read more...]

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Endnote X4 – Thomson Reuters’ excellent customer service using an open strategy ?

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Last week I published a book review of Open Leadership - How Social Technology Can Transofrm the Way You Lead,  the latest book of Charlene Li.  In this article I will share some personal practical experiences about the use of social technology and some form of open strategy that was in place at the company.    Introduction of EndNote X3 "problem" Since a few years I use Thomson Reuters EndNote to manage my references and easily include these in academic texts and … [Read more...]

Google – More than just a search engine, but not the only motor of economic growth

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A few days ago my attention was caught by a message communicated via the verified Google Twitter account, that introduces the role of Google as an engine of economic growth: "We're not just a search engine, we're an engine of economic growth. Our U.S. economic impact in 2009 was $54 billion"      Introduction On the official Google Blog you can read a related article, posted by Claire Hughes Johnson, Vice President, Global Online Sales @ Google. "This week is National Small … [Read more...]

Android Experience 2010 – Layar Business Models and the Android Ecosystem

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I was fortunate being invited to attend the highly succesful first edition of the Android Experience, an event that adresses the Android ecosystem from different perspectives. In this article I will briefly summarize some of the highlights of Android Experience 2010 @ the Amsterdam Convention Factory.On the MobilityMinded website I have written an extensive event report, inline with the following structure:The importance of openness for innovation - Vincent Everts, … [Read more...]

Wallpaper* and HTC team-up for design awards !

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Yesterday I received some interesting news about HTC, which for a change isn't about one of their latest devices, like the sponsorship announcement of Team Columbia-HTC just before the start of the Tour de France 2009 earlier this year. However HTC now teams-up with Wallpaper* and sponsors the Wallpaper* design awards 2010, as you can read on the Wallpaper* website. An intersting move since Wallpaper* isn't about mobile technology, but about design interiors fashion art and lifestyle as you … [Read more...]

Vision on the Future – A Symposium @ University of Twente

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On October 21st 2009 student association Stress, from the faculty School of Management and Governance, organized a symposium with the central theme "Vision on the Future". According to the symposium leaflet the goal is "to give you as a student an impression fo what the market will look like in five years. [...] most students will be looking for a job by that time [...]" In the concluding section Iwill evaluate if this goal has been met for me personally. Let's kick-off quickly with the first … [Read more...]

iPhone Application porting to Windows Mobile – Discussing an interesting case study !

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Constanze Roman -a Community PM with the Windows Mobile Community Team- has published an interesting article on the Windows Mobile Team blog with the title:  "Ready to Port your iPhone App to Windows Mobile?" Although I'm not a developer,  nor having a formal Information Technology & Computer Science education, I would like to have a detailed look at this cool case study from a business administration- and entrepreneurial perspective. It might be a good starting point for discussion, … [Read more...]

MindMeister – Collaborative Online Mind Mapping (on your iPhone)!

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A few weeks ago Jason Langridge wrote an article on his blog "Online Mind Mapping" which caught my attention and covers a great online service for Mind Mapping called MindMeister. Last year I attended a traning of Marc Tigchelaar which I covered in the article: "Speed reading, mindmapping & braintraining", and during the recent "Business Model Knowledge Fair & Book Launch" I could experience the power of visual (thinking) techniques in business communication myself by applying it … [Read more...]