Creating Value in the Network Economy

by Don Tapscott

Most corporate leaders recognize that today's increasingly wired world is dramatically changing the way they conduct business. Only a precious few grasp exactly what this means to their own operations, however, and fewer still have implemented appropriate strategies that put them ahead of the curve. Creating Value in the Network Economy is a collection of 12 essays that originally appeared in the Harvard Business Review and that address this continuing revolution and its potential long-term impacts. Edited by Don Tapscott--whose previous, well-received books include The Digital Economy and Growing Up Digital --it assembles a series of provocative and pragmatic thoughts on the subject by such visionaries as John Hagel, Stan Davis, James Moore, and Charles Handy. Divided into three sections, the resultant works address fundamentals as they relate to the shifting nature of corporate value, the evolution of the corporation itself, and the effect all this will have on tomorrow's consumer. "Questions still outnumber answers," Tapscott cautions. "But the evidence is growing. Firms that don't reinvent their business models around the Net will be bypassed and fail." --Howard Rothman

Genres: Nonfiction, Business

Unknown Binding

First published April 15, 1999

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

[Lori Grant · Rating 3 out of 5]

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