Monthly Archives: March 2004

More Tom Friedman on outsourcing – The Secret of Our Sauce

Posted on March 10, 2004 by John Wark

Op-Ed Columnist: The Secret of Our Sauce This Friedman op-ed piece is from this past Sunday so the link won’t rot for a few more days. Friedman continues to write on outsourcing. It’s interesting in this piece how the people … Continue reading →

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The NYTimes Tom Friedman discovers outsourcing

Posted on March 10, 2004 by John Wark

Op-Ed Columnist: Small and Smaller I am catching up on my backlog of outsourcing/offshoring related posts. Here’s an Op-Ed from Thomas Friedman of the NYTimes (I think the link will retreat behind the NYT’s subscription-only wall soon, sorry) on the … Continue reading →

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A constructive suggestion on stock option reform

Posted on March 10, 2004 by John Wark

WSJ.com – The Competitive Option Today’s WSJ (subscription required) has an editorial by David Pottruck, CEO of Charles Schwab with some constructive ideas on how to reform stock options without resorting to stock option expensing. As I posted a few … Continue reading →

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Outsourcing/offshoring news

Posted on March 9, 2004 by John Wark

Man, trying to keep up with the flood of outsourcing/offshoring news is more than I can handle…Just when I was realizing that I had bitten off more than I could chew, the BusinessPundit pointed at a weblog where all they … Continue reading →

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Is there market demand for education?

Posted on March 8, 2004 by John Wark

BusinessPundit: The Problem with Making Education Market Based. Looks like a trifecta of education-related posts this evening. Rob at BusinessPundit had a post on education last week that I’m just getting to. While I take Rob’s point, I’m not sure … Continue reading →

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Home schooling

Posted on March 8, 2004 by John Wark

Economist.com | Home-schooling This article on home schooling is from the 26 Feb issue of The Economist. I read it in the print edition but it is available online. A companion article requires a subscription. I’ve just posted on Craig … Continue reading →

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Education SOS

Posted on March 8, 2004 by John Wark

WSJ.com – Education SOS. Craig Barrett of Intel authored this editorial in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal (requires a subscription I’m afraid) regarding the need to fix our grades K-12 education system if we expect to remain a leader in the … Continue reading →

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Offshoring Observations by Tom Peters

Posted on March 3, 2004 by John Wark

Observations. Tom Peters has an 18-point rant about offshoring. Peters is definitely in the “it’s happening whether you like it or not – and it’s a good thing” camp on offshoring. There are some very solid points among his 18 … Continue reading →

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Option policy as a tool for job creation

Posted on March 2, 2004 by John Wark

Mercury News | 03/01/2004 | Options drive innovation, create jobs. This piece from yesterday’s San Jose Mercury News has some high-powered authors fighting a last ditch battle in the war over whether stock options should hit the income statement as … Continue reading →

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Om Malik on Outsourcing… is it just a headline?

Posted on March 2, 2004 by John Wark

Om Malik on Broadband: Outsourcing… is it just a headline?. Om Malik posted this a few days ago about outsourcing/offshoring. I think the real money quote is his opening line: Over past few weeks, it has become clearer and clearer, … Continue reading →

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