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The article offers information on the Digital Markets Act (DMA), a European Union regulation aimed at increasing market fairness, competition, and accountability in the digital economy. Topics include the goals of the DMA, its key provisions targeting major online platforms, and its relationship to the Digital Services Act (DSA). The article also discusses the status and timeline of the DMA, its scope, and the designation of gatekeepers under the regulation, including six major companies.

The article discusses the provisions in the final text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) released by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) in 2015. Topics include a trade agreement for the reduction of U.S. goods costs and promotion of electronic (e) commerce among 12 member-countries including the U.S., Japan and Chile. Also cited are tariff commitments of 12 partners in Annex 2-D, copyright provisions based on U.S. law and TPP ratification into law by the U.S. Congress.

Sure, everyone wants to hit one out of the park with a solution that is so elegant, so profound that it stuns by virtue of its brilliance. But really, how often does that happen? And when it does, how long before the competitor picks up on it? There are many more benefits to be gained by gathering and implementing small ideas. INSETS: IDEAS 101;Talk about an OVERSIGHT. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article reports that following a year-end rush of new inflight entertainment system business, Thales Avionics is bullish about prospects for the IFE market, which had been in the doldrums since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The company--an IFE leader, along with Matsushita Avionics Systems Corp. and Rockwell Collins Inc.--received more than 100 million euros in IFE orders in 2004, most of it in the last quarter, and expects to exceed 300 million euros in 2005. The upsurge has allowed Thales to double its market share.

The article reports on Bloomberg's terminal outage on April 16, 2015 and what effects that could have on the financial information company's competitors. According to Bloomberg, it blamed the disruption on an internal network issue and denied that it was the reult of hacking or another external attack. It offers a brief background on the company and its influence on the financial marketplace. It also discusses issues on Bloomberg terminals and suggestions for its improvement.

The article offers a brief profile of Kim Massana, chief executive officer (CEO) with the skills of enterprise resource planning (ERP). It offers information on the company, Innovative that marked libraries by launching the commercial integrated library systems (ILSs). It mentions that libraries wanted to increase resource allocation and simplify the collection management. INSET: Blogging With III's CEO.

The article informs that after implementing drastic cost cuts, Scandanavian Airlines (SAS) intends to generate higher yields by enhancing inflight service. Still Scandinavia's largest airline, SAS is on its way to installing three types of cabin arrangements, instead of two, on European and long-haul services. The airline is introducing lie-flat beds to business-traveler destinations and is creating an intermediate class, between business and economy, with more legroom and upgraded inflight service. Such heavy investments indicate SAS does not plan a retreat from long-haul services, as predicted for Europe's medium-size airlines.

Focuses on the impact of competition among various businesses. Direct incentive schemes concocted by businesses in an attempt to keep up with competition; Three major problems caused by issuing incentives to business; Inefficiency caused by offering incentives.

The article looks into the competition between computer services firm IBM and computer maker Hewlett-Packard (HP) to dominate the search-and-content-processing software market. The steps taken by HP to increase its revenue from this market are highlighted. The similarities between the HP Autonomy method and the IBM Watson method, and the other IBM-owned search-and-content-processing systems are mentioned. The capacity of IBM to deal with secondary and tertiary competitors is explored.

The article reports the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Google company reached a settlement on January 3, 2013 that will close the FTC's investigation into Google's business practices. The article notes the FTC investigated Google for allegedly misusing patent protection laws, taking content for rivals' websites, and making contracts with small businesses that limited their ability to advertise with Goggle's competitors.

The article reports that digitization has emerged from a step in the content creation process to a business in its own right. And digitization was the focus of the spring meeting of the Association of Information and Dissemination Centers, which was held from March 12-14, 2006 in Fort Meyers, Florida. Steve Abram, vice president of SirsiDynix, aptly titled his keynote address Who's Afraid of the Google Wolf? Libraries are urged to get connected to the world of social networking and benefit from its experiences. MySpace, for example, logs 250,000 users a day, and FaceBook has 150,000. Google and its competitors are catering to today's users by offering customized content services and affordable article delivery. Competition and customer demand drive digitization projects.

The article discusses issues related to the management of advertising accounts. The number of account managers decreased in 2001. Several factors are predicted to affect the immediate future of account management, including the need to have business acumen and extensive training for account managers. Competition plays a major role in the efforts of agencies to improve account services.

Discusses the business drivers that will expand real-time customer relationship management (CRM). Features of real-time CRM; Increase in competition and the need to maintain long-term differentiation through real-time customer service excellence; Need for tighter links between front- and back-office processes and technology systems.

This article interviews John Hagel and John Seely Brown, authors of “The Only Sustainable Edge,” on their book and the changing business landscape. Brown claims that companies need to implement innovation in its operations to be able to compete with competitors in Asia. According to Hagel, one company that implements innovation is Li & Fung in the apparel industry. What the authors see in Asian companies is a focus on rapid innovation.

Offers advice on doing business in South Korea. Description of conglomerate corporations in South Korea; Traditional ways of establishing long-term association; Importance of being industrious.

This article reports on the challenges faced by Toys "R" Us in 1995. Wal-Mart Stores and Target Stores are increasing their offerings and selling toys at low prices while supporting marketing efforts with separate television advertising. Meanwhile, Toys "R" Us not only lack a clear marketing strategy to combat its fierce discounter competition, the company has also ended its relationship with J. Walter Thompson USA and has lost any consistent advertising image. The forecast for the company's yearend earnings, to be released on March 8, 1995, is gloomy.