Problem Based Learning

Changing Markets, Changing Strategies - References for Investigation

Biz/ed has provided the following references for investigation to help you research the problem. These are suggestions only and are not the only sources you may wish to use, indeed, you are not obliged to use any of them!

Web sites

• BBC stories:
  • EBay in Skype talks, reports say (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4228866.stm)
  • Portal bid drives eBay Skype deal (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4238258.stm)
• Skype (http://www.skype.com/)
• About eBay (http://pages.ebay.com/aboutebay.html)
• Information on business strategy - from the Institute of Directors (http://www.iod.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/GBP/IODDirectLink-Start?Type=Content&TemplateName=Advice/Content/strategy_index.isml)
• Strategy and leadership - from Managementfirst (http://www.managementfirst.com/strategy/index.htm)
• Business strategic planning - from PlanWare (http://www.planware.org/strategy.htm?source=trpanel#2)
• PowerPoint presentation on business strategy - from Biz/ed [134 KB] (http://www.bized.co.uk/educators/16-19/business/strategy/presentation/strategic1.ppt)
• Harvard Business Review (some articles require subscription) (http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/hbrsa/en/issue/0509/hbrsaLandingPage.jhtml;jsessionid=REHNDXOUGFCLCAKRGWCB5VQBKE0YIIPS?_requestid=106781)
• Diversification - from Investopedia (http://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/diversification.asp)
• Vonage - provider of VoIP services (http://www.vonage.co.uk/products_premium.php?refer_id)
• VoIP (http://www.voip.org.uk)
• VoIP explanation - from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VoIP)
• Ebay, Skype deal challenges rivals - from the FT (http://news.ft.com/cms/s/45b40bd0-2326-11da-86cc-00000e2511c8.html)
• Ofcom - the telecommunications industry regulator in the UK (http://www.ofcom.org.uk/)
• Telecommunication Industry Association (TIA) statistics - a trade association for the industry (http://www.tiaonline.org/resources/stats.cfm)
• UK telecommunications market research report - from Market & Business Development (http://www.mbdltd.co.uk/Press-Release/Telecommunications.htm)
• Overview of the UK telecommunications market - from the Communication Workers Union (CWU)(http://www.cwu.org/uploads/documents/RD04-08-179%20Overview%20of%20the%20UK%20Telecommunications%20Market.doc)
• Marconi investors information - includes annual reports and financial data (http://www.marconi.com/Home/Investors)
• BT shares and performance (http://www.btplc.com/Sharesandperformance/index.cfm)

Textbooks

• Marcouse. I et al. (2003), Business Studies (2nd Edition), London Hodder and Stoughton, ISBN: 0340811102
• Grant, R.M. (2004), Contemporary Strategy Analysis, London, Blackwell, ISBN: 1405119993
• Chan Kim, W & Mauborgne, R. (2005), Blue Ocean Strategy, Harvard Business School Press, ISBN: 1591396190
• Scholes, K. Johnson, J & Whittington, R. (2004), Exploring Corporate Strategy: text and cases, FT Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0273687344
• Hall, D. et al. (2001), Business Studies (2nd Edition), Causeway Press Limited, ISBN 1873929900