Archives for the 'Trends At Work' Category
Motorola, Nokia, and Samsung
An interesting article about change has been published by Knowledge@Wharton.
The example of the cell phone industry is worth reading. It talks about how Nokia surprised Motorola, and how Samsung surprised Nokia.
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…
The Most Innovative Firms By Industry
Business Week published the list of the most innovative firms by industry. A useful source to use when you have to analyze business models by industry.
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, […]
An interview with Kevin Roberts
An interview with Kevin Roberts, CEO of Saatchi and Saatchi, has been published by Knowledge at Wharton.
Kevin provides very interesting concepts. For example:
Brands were invented to charge premiums.
The power has switched from the big companies (such as P&G) to big retailers (such as Walmart) to the consumer.
There are three things that we think make a […]
Great article about Freeconomics
A great article about businesses that are free has been published by Wired. One of the most remarkable concepts is that free is very different from charging one cent.
The story about Gillette is very interesting too.
Other authors that have talked about the free economy are the writers of Funky Business and Karaoke Capitalism.
“The Rise and the Fall of the Shopping Mall”
The Economist published a very interesting article about how Shopping Centers are disappearing in the US, or at least changing their public. It seems that the changes in the habits of the different social classes and races of the US, are having an influence on the development, the nature, and the declination of Shopping Malls.
Sergey Brin and Larry Page talk about Google
Sergey Brin and Larry Page talk about Google, their culture, innovation, Adsense, the future, and so on. A look at one of the most interesting companies in the world today.
Apple, The World’s Most Innovative Firm
According to The Economist, Apple consistently ranks first in polls of the world’s most innovative firms. Those people who are interested in innovation probably will enjoy this article about Apple and its main products (Macintosh, iPod, iPhone), and also this article about Steve Jobs.
Another article that talks about the innovative Apple appeared on Business […]
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 […]
