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Creating Value in the Network Economy
Don Tapscott organizes some of the Harvard Business Review's most insightful articles into a framework for understanding the new dynamics of value and wealth in the networked world.
A rich mix of ideas and insights, Creating Value in the Network Economy explores all aspects of the interconnected business environment, from the importance of trust in the virtual organization and the changing nature of customer relationships to new ways that companies can generate returns from their intellectual assets. The real-world examples from companies such as Amazon.com, eBay, The Wall Street Journal, and Auto-by-Tel help managers to see more clearly the opportunities for transfiguring their business around the Internet.
A rich mix of ideas and insights, Creating Value in the Network Economy explores all aspects of the interconnected business environment, from the importance of trust in the virtual organization and the changing nature of customer relationships to new ways that companies can generate returns from their intellectual assets. The real-world examples from companies such as Amazon.com, eBay, The Wall Street Journal, and Auto-by-Tel help managers to see more clearly the opportunities for transfiguring their business around the Internet.
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229 pages, Hardcover
First published April 15, 1999
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Don Tapscott
84 books181 followersDon is one of the world’s leading authorities on innovation, media, and the economic and social impact of technology and advises business and government leaders around the world.
In 2011 Don was named one of the world's most influential management thinkers by Thinkers50. He has authored or co-authored 14 widely read books including the 1992 best seller Paradigm Shift. His 1995 hit Digital Economychanged thinking around the world about the transformational nature of the Internet and two years later he defined the Net Generation and the “digital divide” in Growing Up Digital.
His 2000 work, Digital Capital, introduced seminal ideas like “the business web” and was described by BusinessWeek as “pure enlightenment." Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything was the best selling management book in 2007 and translated into over 25 languages.
The Economist called his newest work Macrowikinomics: New Solutions for a Connected Planet a “Schumpeter-ian story of creative destruction” and the Huffington Post said the book is “nothing less than a game plan to fix a broken world.”
Over 30 years he has introduced many ground-breaking concepts that are part of contemporary understanding. His work continues as a the Chairman of Moxie Insight, a member of World Economic Forum, Adjunct Professor of Management for the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and Martin Prosperity Institute Fellow.
In 2011 Don was named one of the world's most influential management thinkers by Thinkers50. He has authored or co-authored 14 widely read books including the 1992 best seller Paradigm Shift. His 1995 hit Digital Economychanged thinking around the world about the transformational nature of the Internet and two years later he defined the Net Generation and the “digital divide” in Growing Up Digital.
His 2000 work, Digital Capital, introduced seminal ideas like “the business web” and was described by BusinessWeek as “pure enlightenment." Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything was the best selling management book in 2007 and translated into over 25 languages.
The Economist called his newest work Macrowikinomics: New Solutions for a Connected Planet a “Schumpeter-ian story of creative destruction” and the Huffington Post said the book is “nothing less than a game plan to fix a broken world.”
Over 30 years he has introduced many ground-breaking concepts that are part of contemporary understanding. His work continues as a the Chairman of Moxie Insight, a member of World Economic Forum, Adjunct Professor of Management for the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and Martin Prosperity Institute Fellow.
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March 30, 2013
An optional-read book on managing technology strategy for managers, executives, and entrepreneurs.
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