RSS Feed for new content on Franteractive’s Business Strategy Portalhttp://rss.franteractive.com/feed3.xmlhttp://www.franteractive.com/image/Iterative-Fran-Logo.jpghttp://rss.franteractive.com/feed3.xmlen-usCopyright (c) 2007 – 2008 Franteractive Inc. All Rights Reservedinfo@franteractive.comTue, 4 Nov 2008, 19:30:00 PSTWe have expanded the content on Anoff Matrix within the section on Basic Frameworks. Strategies pertaining to both new products (market expansion / diversification) and existing products (market penetration / development) are outlined in more detail. In the Technology Strategy Frameworks section, we have added a framework pertaining to citation / reverse-citation analysis ofpatents. Please browse the portal for more details.http://www.franteractive.net/Matrix-Ansoff.htmlTue, 4 Nov 2008, 19:30:00 PSTWhat do you get when you are Martha Stewart, the American Icon, and indulge in insider trading? You go to jail. What do you get when you pocket multi-million dollar bonus packages for skillfully selling bonds and other fixed assets based on thousands of mortgages pooled together (these are called mortgage backed securities) and then these bonds / securities under-perform in their promised yields? If you are a Bear Stearns, you get a Fed bailout to the tune of $30 billion. What do you get when you insured that these mortgage backed securities will be able to deliver their intended returns and then they don't and you can't pay for the damages in spite of insuring them? You get a Fed bailout of $85 billion, if you are AIG. And what if you originated some of these mortgages and / or guaranteed that the mortgage premiums would keep coming or else you will make up for it? You go belly up, for you are either Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, and are ultimately rescued by the US Government. You also give violent jolts to the stock markets world-wide, and $10,000 or more in additional taxes to fund the $700 billion dollar US bailout plan that Bush and Paulson are now negotiating with the Congress. This is a screwed-up situation. To see the application of the newly coined Value Drain framework, read more…http://economy.franteractive.com/Markets/mortgage-bailout-800-billion.htmlMon, 22 Sep 2008, 15:00:00 PDTThis edition of the Strategy Portal allows readers to contribute by helping them earn strategy points towards earning a free copy of STRATEGIC CASE ANALYSIS – Business Concepts, Strategy Frameworks, and Solved Cases as Socratic Dialogs…http://www.franteractive.net/Strategy-points.htmlTue, 10 Sep 2008, 20:00:00 PDT