Digital Capital: Harnessing the Power of Business Webs

by Don Tapscott, Alex Lowy, David Ticoll

This work demonstrates how readers can become part of a business web- a group of businesses that work towards a unified goal. Such webs are replacing the traditional business structure to create wealth.

Genres: Business, Nonfiction, Management

320 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2000

About the author

Don 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.

Reviews

[Gates Ouimette]

Seminal book I read while part of the dot.bomb craze going on. I was fortunate to have been early in the internet game given how it has unfolded and continues to evolve.

[Mike Violano]

Just rediscovered this book on my shelf. It was a personal favorite when published and still has a lot of value particularly the discussion and insights on business-webs, what aggregators "should" do, and the power of alliances. "An alliance is like a jazz enamble...A context leader of an alliance sets the direction but each player contributes independently to a total value experience."

[Bjorn Hardarson]

When you read as much books as I do, I have sometime small problem finding something to read so I look for older and used ones. Problem is if it is related to the Internet it gets old fast, still good book to read

[Lori Grant]

An optional-read book on managing technology strategy for managers, executives, and entrepreneurs.