http://www.trendsandbusiness.com The changes in society and markets Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:11:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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.ShareThis http://www.trendsandbusiness.com/2008/08/22/motorola-nokia-and-samsung/ Interesting video about trends with trendspotter Michael Tchong. ShareThis http://www.trendsandbusiness.com/2008/08/03/michael-tchong-trendshow/ 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.ShareThis http://www.trendsandbusiness.com/2008/07/13/the-growth-of-the-middle-class/ The usefulness of a Masters of Business Administration according to Dilbert (from www.dilbert.com). ShareThis http://www.trendsandbusiness.com/2008/07/13/dilbert-and-the-mba/ 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... ShareThis http://www.trendsandbusiness.com/2008/06/28/impressive-video-about-the-consumption-society/ 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.ShareThis http://www.trendsandbusiness.com/2008/05/01/the-most-innovative-firms-by-industry/ An interesting article in Business Week talks about this adaptation, with the example of Other Music.ShareThis http://www.trendsandbusiness.com/2008/04/28/the-adaptation-of-music-stores-to-the-times-of-internet/ 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 ... http://www.trendsandbusiness.com/2008/04/19/inteview-with-don-tapscott/ 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 ... http://www.trendsandbusiness.com/2008/04/03/an-interview-with-kevin-roberts/ 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 ... http://www.trendsandbusiness.com/2008/03/29/great-article-about-freeconomics/