whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1. Netscape, the Internet and Creative Destruction
(Analysis/Analysis)

...n August 9, 1995, when Netscape Communications listed on the Nasdaq technology exchange in New York. The shares were priced at a rather optimistic $28 each. Within minutes of the listing the shares ...

2. Searching for objective measures of value
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ain they have chosen gold. Yet gold, too, is just another product.  It is no different from houses, shares or bonds, and – like these investments – it is subject to the whims of inv...

3. Dow Jones, The Wall Street Journal, and Rupert Murdoch
(Analysis/Analysis)

...like they're using the same typesetter from 1902 when Clarence Barron bought it before passing on the shares to his stepdaughter, Jane Bancroft. Even their website is boring. In comparison to Th...

4. Zimbabwe: the Hollow State
(Analysis/Analysis)

...mplementing expropriation of foreign-listings is anyone's guess. What he intends to do with valueless shares is another matter. The result is that the only formally employed people left in the eco...

5. People, Planet and Profits: the complexities of corporate governance
(Analysis/Analysis)

... further expansion, then the company can be broken up into little bits and sold. The little bits are the shares and a stock exchange is a simple forum where people can buy and sell these shares. Thi...

6. Islam, Shari'ah Law, and Cultural Capitalism
(Analysis/Analysis)

"If I was a non-Muslim travelling by plane I would always ask for the halaal meal," says Saliegh Salaam.  "Not only will the meal be prepared to a significantly higher standard tha

7. Internet Bubble 2.0: the future of dotcom depends on the mobile phone
(Analysis/Analysis)

...is, more than anything else, which has allowed Google to leap away from Yahoo.  Google also cleverly shares their revenue with websites who host their ad-streams. And it is this shared revenue mo...