On the Music Industry and Internet Era
10:41am Feb 8, 2012
One aspect that crafts the oligopolistic market is imperfect information, which leads to distortion of market perception. Before the presence of the Internet and free data sharing, music marketing concepts were derived from two kinds of media, radio and print. Thus, the incumbents of the industry — well-known bands under major labels — were making it difficult for new entrants to penetrate the market, because the major labels had absolute control over the product they wanted to expose consumers to.
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How Much Does Mobility in Indonesia Affect Unemployment and Inequity?
5:29pm Jan 25, 2012
Currently Indonesia is the rising star among Southeast Asian countries. The sustainable growth and its relative immunity from financial crisis makes it a favored bet for global fund managers. The dazzling performance, symbolized by outstanding growth – 6.5 percent - conveys the message that Indonesia along with BRIC countries is ready to take a bigger chunk of the world economic pie.
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The Airline Industry’s Paradox
8:47am Dec 28, 2011
I’ve long been interested in the airline industry and wondered how a business that’s highly capital intensive but prone to economic cycles and oil prices has managed to be sustainable.
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Modern Football as a Business Model
8:23am Nov 25, 2011
Football has, for some time, been all about the money.
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Prime Lending Rate Regulation: Does It Even Matter?
8:53am Nov 8, 2011
These are the days when we all are expecting good and sound numbers on earnings reports for the third quarter of 2011.
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Head Start Theorem, a Solution for Jakarta’s Clogged Streets
8:34am Oct 27, 2011
Complaining about this has gotten old, but I’ve really had it with Jakarta’s traffic.
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Financial Transaction Tax to Cut the Time Span of Financial Market Stability
10:37am Oct 13, 2011
The heyday of our stock market has finally waned. Last year, the Indonesia Stock Exchange performance stood tall among other Asian markets and gained nearly 30 percent in a year.
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Schweinsteiger, the Tragic Hero
The First and Biggest Indonesia's Online Shopping Festival
Watatita: Do Not Abandon Our Indonesian Heritage
Which Kind of Health Insurance Policies Are Necessary?
SSJ100 Accident: Reflections After a Week
Keep It NBA: Pacing Back to Relevance
Great Sexpectations: The Danger of False Hope of a Budding Relationship
@OVOxo please do not insult Indonesian men. I have known many great Indonesian men who are way better than the so-called "more educated westerners 11:14am | Which Kind of Health Insurance...
just make you read the fineprint 10:59am | Schweinsteiger, the Tragic Her...
Schweinsteiger literally translates as Pig Climber. With a name that ridiculous you're destined to fail in life. 10:43am | Great Sexpectations: The Dange...
"Tame Indonesian boys" That's true, they're all about 5'2 and look like kids. 8:32am | The First and Biggest Indonesi...
I ordered something from this website and when I tried to follow up after I paid I got the runaround from automated messages. There was no contact
