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The Complex Chemistry between Brands and Customers – Some Personal Experiences
1 comment on The Complex Chemistry between Brands and Customers – Some Personal ExperiencesPeople have very complex relationships with companies and the products and services they offer. Businesses, and those involved in non-profit activities like foundations, the arts, charity and health care, as well as those offering entertainment, including sports teams, spend considerable time, energy and funds on their brands – "the symbolic embodiment of all the information…
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Well, the 2005 baseball season is now over and the Chicago White Sox won the World Series, beating the Houston Astros in four straight games. I like how Tyler Kepner put it in his front page story in today’s New York Times: "The baseball gods were merciless once, inflicting decades of sorrow on a franchise…
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On the flight from Tokyo to New York, I watched a very cute movie, Fever Pitch, which is basically a romantic comedy about the budding relationship of Lindsey and Ben, played by Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon. Ben is a rabid Boston Red Sox fan with season tickets to two very good seats in Fenway…
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I recently read in a news story that movie theater box office receipts have been lower this summer than they were last year. The debate over the causes of the box-office decline revolves around whether it is because movies are just not as good this year, or whether people now prefer to watch DVD’s at…
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Summer is usually the season for blockbuster movies, which usually feature lots of action, special effects, heroic characters, superstar actors, huge budgets, and so on. I watch my share of these movies, enjoying some a lot (e.g., Batman Begins), others less so. But, in the last few years, I have increasingly enjoyed watching what are…
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I recently attended a very interesting lecture on Chinese-American relations by Steven Weber, professor of political science and director of the Institute of International Studies at UC Berkeley. Professor Weber’s central point is that the Sino-American relationship is now central to the health of the global political economy, but it is not a healthy relationship…
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I think that many of us first learn about broken hearts through baseball. One of the earliest memories of my childhood was when my team, Almendares lost a game to their fierce rivals, Habana, in the Cuban baseball winter league. I was about 3 at the time, and still remember being very sad and crying. …
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Reggie Jackson is the last baseball player that I remember capturing the imagination of New York, the way Pedro Martinez is now doing. Reggie came to New York to play for the Yankees in 1977, and proceeded to take the town by storm. He craved, and performed at his best under the intense pressure that…
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I would like to continue the discussions on how the Internet has enriched my life, in particular when it comes to enjoying films. A few years ago I started using Netflix, a really good Internet DVD rental service, which offers a huge collection of DVD’s of all kinds, from recent releases to classics to foreign…
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I often think — even after working in the area for more than ten years — that there is something almost magical about the wonders of the Internet and World Wide Web. I can rhapsodize about how the Internet has transformed business, society and our personal lives, and often do in formal talks and any…