{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"48148306","dateCreated":"1323829703","smartDate":"Dec 13, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"slfountain","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/slfountain","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/mbaeconfall2011.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/48148306"},"dateDigested":1532762638,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"summary","description":"I loved that the word stakeholders was used.  I was confused with the line half of the example above is economy of scope and the other half economy of scope, but I think he meant scale.  <br \/>\nGood use of present day examples with the proposed spin off for Netflix that basically crashed and burned due to the voice of the customer coming over loud and clear that they were upset with the idea.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"47863648","dateCreated":"1323388810","smartDate":"Dec 8, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"maysen1975","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/maysen1975","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1317587185\/maysen1975-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/mbaeconfall2011.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/47863648"},"dateDigested":1532762638,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Summary","description":"This paper concerns spinning of a division.  The fictional case revolves around Steve\u2019s electronics company which is suffering from reduced profits in its line of printers.  The margin for each printer is slowly approaching zero.  Steve is considering spinning off the division for its own separate company.  <br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe author discusses issues that Hewlett-Packard and Netflix have incurred when considering spinning off portions of their business.  Both of these companies after further review did not spin off the businesses.  On the other hand, Pepsi Co used to own Yum Brands, which includes several fast food chains, and were successfully spun off to their own company.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nSteve may have problems with spinning off the printer business since economies of scope may be saving his other lines money.  The author indicates that in the electronics industry many products use the same materials and the same suppliers.  Economies of scale also comes into play since the company will need to buy large amounts to satisfy both product lines.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"47829040","dateCreated":"1323362375","smartDate":"Dec 8, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"kfraymer","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/kfraymer","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/mbaeconfall2011.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/47829040"},"dateDigested":1532762638,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Economies of Scope","description":"I had a similar case study related to Time Warner and AOL and had difficulty relating current news to this past event.  You did a nice job covering this, particularly your discussion of economies of scope.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]}],"more":false},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}