http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:48:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/facebook-buys-location-sharing-software-sources-say-headlines.html Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:17:18 +0000 The social networking giant has recently purchased small tech company Gowalla.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/would-facebook-or-google-ruin-twitter.html Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:24:26 +0000 Analysts question whether a Facebook or Google buy-up of Twitter would work, given cultural differences and competition concerns.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/huffington-post-sold-to-aol-for-315m.html Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:09:56 +0000 Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington sells her site to AOL for $315m in deal branded '1+1 = 11']]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/12/the-curious-marriage-of-socially-conscious-brands-and-their-larger-corporate-counterparts.html Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:20:44 +0000 Harvard Business School professors James E. Austin and Herman B. Leonard are co-authoring a paper titled ”Can the Virtuous Mouse and the Wealthy Elephant Live Happily Ever After?” that examines the acquisitions of smaller socially conscious brands by their larger corporate counterparts.  The goal of the report is to study why these mergers occur and how to manage them most effectively so that both companies benefit.  The study explores these issues from the perspective of three recent real world examples: Tom’s of Maine acquired by Colgate, Stonyfield Farm Yogurt purchased by Danone, and Ben & Jerry’s bought by Unilever. Though delicate in nature,Read more...]]>