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Belle Époque 2·0

By Pierre d’Huy | Published: January 24, 2012

The authors look at our times and wonder whether the world is on the brink of a second Belle Époque, a new era of humanistic thought and progress.

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A new model for socially responsible brand management

By Ava Maria Hakim | Published: November 23, 2011

This article is directed to brand managers interested in building models for sustainable development and conscientious consumerism. The article is a version of a paper published in the Journal of Brand Management (2011).

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ET or TE?

By Pierre d’Huy | Published: October 31, 2010

The authors contrast the approaches and personalities of Thomas A. Edison and Nikola Tesla, and how the two types contribute to successful teams in modern organizations.

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Who’s kidding who?

By Pierre d’Huy | Published: September 8, 2009

An English-language version of d’Huy’s article ‘Nul ne peut se jouer des signes’.

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Branding New Kinds of Places: the Example of Experience Retail Centres

By Malcolm Allan | Published: August 31, 2008

The author, a town planner and place and destination brand practitioner, discusses the challenges of creating place brand strategies for completely new types of urban development using the example of the emergence of places that combine retail, leisure, entertainment, sports, cultural and heritage facilities to a greater extent than has been seen hitherto.

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Saving Detroit, by Not Making the Same Old Mistakes

By Jack Yan | Published: August 30, 2008

Detroit has not ever used a brand orientation in its automakers’ marketing strategies, and it talks of trimming brands and numbers to allow it to compete. The author believes in being more focused on brands and not losing economies of scale, and building more of what consumers want. The tools are there, such as consumer-targeted blogs, but manufacturers need to use them.

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PowerPoint: Rhetoric Machine

By Stanley Moss | Published: August 14, 2007

Pierre d’Huy’s commentary of the ubiquitous application, tailored to English speakers.

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PowerPoint, la rhétorique universelle

By Pierre d’Huy | Published: August 14, 2007

Is PowerPoint an aid to communication or destructive force in the art of rhetoric? This essay in French deconstructs the controversial Microsoft presentation program from the point of view of a mediologist, making references to works by Roland Barthes and Régis Debray to support its conclusions.

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Business, Brand, Innovation and Design

By Ava Maria Hakim | Published: August 13, 2007

The Journal of the Medinge Group, vol. 1, no. 1, 2007 Ava Maria Hakim  IBM Global Solutions, Business Transformation Outsourcing hakimava@us.ibm.com Microsoft Word version Thomas Watson, who helped grow one of the first truly global organizations, is quoted as saying ‘Good design is good business’. For the maverick of IBM, ‘Design must reflect the practical [...]

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