Archives for the 'Globalization' Category
More About the Growth of the Middle Class
Knowledge at Wharton published an interesting article about the growth of the middle class in the world, which will be very strong in China and India.
Impressive Video about the Consumption Society
Here is “The Story of Stuff”: an excellent video about the consumption society and about how we are destroying our planet. It criticizes specially the United States.
At least the end is kind of positive because it mentions some “green” trends taking place…
Inteview with Don Tapscott
A very interesting conversation with Don Tapscott, author of Wikinomics.
Some of the topics covered:
The relationship between technology and business.
“The Perfect Storm”: The changes in technology (Internet), demographics, society, and economics.
The paradigm shifts.
Music should be a service, not a good.
The power of mass collaboration.
Opening the boundaries of the companies.
Google is a digital conglomerate with software, advertising, […]
The Middle Class is Growing
With the growth of China and India, the middle class is growing in the world. One of the consequences of this growth is the increasing price of food and other products. This great article explains this phenomenon with more details.
The Power of Corporate Kinetics
In 1998, Michael Fradette and Steve Michaud wrote the book “The Power of Corporate Kinetics”.
In that book, 9 years ago, the authors already talked about the death of predictability, originated in the continuous changes of the environment. They stated that companies must be prepared to react instantaneously to market dynamics, and they gave recommendations to […]
