The strategist quiz (306)

A management professor coined a term when studying the cases of the disk drive industry

Gaurav Sri Krishna New Delhi
Last Updated : Jun 02 2013 | 9:13 PM IST
  1. A management professor coined a term when studying the cases of the disk drive industry. He said that its rapid generational change is to the study of business what fruit flies are to the study of genetics. Name the professor and the term.
     
  2. Connect CEO of Honeywell-David M Cote, CEO of Boeing W. James McNerney, former CEO of Home Depot & Chrysler Robert Nardelli.
     
  3. Founded in 1930, this brand gets its name from its first acquirer, a colony of German Pietists (Lutherans) in the US, called the Ebenezer Society or the Community of True Inspiration. It manufactured the first upright freezer for homes and the first side-by-side refrigerator. Name this brand and its current owner.
     
  4. In the 1920s, the founder of this brand sent his son to study at the ESC business school in Marseille. The son went on to study bacterio-logy and work for the Pasteur Institute in Paris. This company originated in Spain and is named after the son. Name it.
     
  5. Which company is using this baseline Bring on Tomorrow? It suffered badly during the 2008 meltdown.
     
  6. Where and which bank is testing an ATM that measures the volume and the fat content of milk when poured into it?
     
  7. A TV producer and former RAF gunner drew on his experience as a prisoner of war in Germany of answering three questions name, rank and number to create a TV show ritual of contestants being asked their name, occupation and specialist subject. Name the person and the show.
     
  8. Name the restaurant founded by the rock band Kisss co-founders Simmons and Paul Stanley.
     
  9. This man dropped out of school at 13 and after a serious car accident set up his own car company. Name the person and the company.
     
  10. What does the visual represent?





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First Published: May 20 2013 | 12:03 AM IST

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