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During his time as CEO of Netflix, Hastings has also served roles for other firms. What additional managerial roles outside of Netflix has Reed Hastings accepted? Why might these roles potentially be
Does Netflix have a strong brand? Offer evidence demonstrating why the firm's brand is or isn't strong. How is a strong brand built?
Who are the rivals to the Netflix streaming effort? Do any of these firms have advantages that Netflix lacks? What are these advantages?
Can you think of once-successful firms that were forced to radically redesign their businesses based on technology change? How did the firms in your list fare with the new model-better or worse than
Scale advantages are advantages related to size. In what key ways is Netflix "bigger" than the two major competitors who tried to enter the DVD-by-mail market?
Why would a manufacturer of DVD players be motivated to offer the Netflix "Watch Now" feature in its products?
What is the long tail? How "long" is the Netflix tail in the DVD-by-mail business compared to traditional video stores?
Make a chart of the various firms offering video-streaming services. List the pros and cons of each, along with its revenue model. Which efforts do you think will survive a shakeout? Why?
Is Netflix a friend or foe to the studios? Make a list of reasons why they would "like" Netflix, and why studios might be fearful of the firm.
Could a new competitor match Netflix's recommendation software? If it did, would this create a threat to Netflix? Why or why not?
What is disintermediation, have to try to disintermediate and what incentives do studios Netflix?
What is the Netflix churn rate and what are the reasons behind this rate?
Why can't Netflix secure a long tail of streaming content that is the same size as its content catalog in the DVD-by- mail business? What is Netflix doing to make its streaming catalog more appealing
Is streaming content provided by studios a commodity or differentiated good? How does this influence supplier power? How has this changed in the shift from DVD-by- mail to streaming subscriptions?
What advantages does Netflix have over premium cable television channels? What advantages do these channels have over Netflix? Do you think this is a winner-take-all market, or is there room enough
How does Netflix build its data asset? In what ways does it leverage this data asset? Why is the data asset stronger under streaming than it was for the DVD-by-mail business?
Why is streaming potentially better for consumers and for content producers? Why is Netflix a potentially attractive partner for content creators (producers, writers, directors)?
Can scale be achieved in the streaming industry? If so, how? Or if not, why not?
What challenges does Netflix face as it expands internationally? What advantages does international expansion offer?
Why didn't Netflix vertically integrate and offer its own set- top box for content distribution?
What has been the impact of Netflix's move from single plan pricing to separate pricing for streaming and DVD-by- mail? What factors motivated this move? Do you think splitting the service into
How does Netflix rank in terms of customer satisfaction today? What factors do you suppose are behind this ranking?
Investigate the current state of net neutrality. What is the current status of ISPs' right to offer a fast lane or impose bandwidth caps? Who would you side with, Netflix or the large ISPs? Why?
Investigate Netflix's stock price. One of the measures of whether a stock is "expensive" or not is the price-earnings ratio (share price divided by earnings per share). P/Es vary widely, but historic
What are the risks and benefits to Netflix in using Amazon's cloud computing platform?
How has Netflix leveraged crowdsourcing and code contests?
In what ways do Netflix employee policies differ from those of most other firms? Does Netflix seem like the kind of firm you'd like to work for? Why or why not?
What is Moore's Law? What does it apply to?
Show your familiarity with key terms: What are the differences between supercomputing, grid computing, and cluster computing? How are these phenomena empowered by Moore's Law?
What is e-waste? What is so dangerous about e-waste?
What is the MagicBand? What technology is inside it and what does it do? How do the bands benefit the customer experience? What benefits does Disney realize from the system?
Are other aspects of computing advancing as well? At what approximate rates? What is Kryder's Law?
How does grid computing using slack or excess computing resources change the economics of supercomputing?
What lessons do the challenges of e-waste offer the manager? What issues will your firm need to consider as it consumes or offers products that contain computing components?
What more can and should Disney do with this technology?
How does flash memory differ from the memory in a PC? Are both solid state?
What sorts of materials might be harvested from e-waste recycling?
In addition to designing and creating bands, what else did Disney need to do to pull off this effort? How many systems were involved? What infrastructure needed to be upgraded?
What is a microprocessor? What devices do you or your family microprocessors (and hence are impacted by own that contain Moore's Law)?
Will multicore chips run software designed for single-core processors?
Name businesses that are using supercomputing and grid computing. Describe these uses and the advantages they offer their adopting firms. Are they a source of competitive advantage? Why or why not?
Many well-meaning individuals thought that recycling was the answer to the e-waste problem. But why hasn't e-waste recycling yielded the results hoped for?
There's a lot you can do with technology, but Disney is also crafting a very special, branded experience. Do you think Disney got it right, or does the technology seem like it would interfere with
What is a semiconductor? What is the substance from which most semiconductors are made?
As chips grow smaller they generate increasing amounts of heat that needs to be dissipated. Why is keeping systems cool such a challenge? What are the implications for a firm like Yahoo! or Google?
What are the characteristics of problems that are most easily solved using the types of parallel computing found in grids, clusters, and modern-day supercomputers? What are the characteristics of the
What are some of the materials that may replace the silicon that current chips are made of?
Large technical projects can be a challenge to design and deploy. Why? How did Disney cut through some of these challenges and eventually deliver a project within goals and within budget?
Which of the following are solid-state devices: an iPod shuffle, an iPhone, a USB flash drive, a TiVo DVR, a typical laptop PC?
Search online to assess the current state of quantum computing. What kinds of problems might be solved if the promise of quantum computing is achieved? How might individuals and organizations
Search online to identify the five fastest supercomputers currently in operation. Who sponsors these machines? What are they used for? How many processors do they have?
Why is e-waste exported abroad for recycling rather than processed domestically?
How does Disney deal with security and privacy concerns? Do you think these precautions are enough? Why or why not?
Why is Moore's Law important for managers? How does it influence managerial thinking?
What is "Moore's Wall"?
What part does corruption play in the recycling and disposal of e-waste?
What is price elasticity? How does Moore's Law relate to this concept? What's special about falling chip prices compared to price drops for products like clothing or food?
What is the advantage of using computing to simulate an automobile crash test as opposed to actually staging a crash?

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