Digital technology is providing people with the tools to produce and share content like never before … and it is set to throw the relationship between them and institutions into turmoil … oh yes, and enabling some cute business model innovations notice some gems: Loosely organised groups will be increasingly given leverage. [...] “Institutions will [...]
This is basically a live case study of how to keep innovation up … and also about tweaking and polishing business models. Well, up to now, Apple has been a case study in how not to capitalize on innovation. Let’s see what the future holds … I wonder if they’re really into business model innovations, [...]
Happy Birthday mp3 … ein sehr schöner Artikel in der Zeit zum Jubiläum: Nie werde ich das erste Mal vergessen, als ich so eine Sounddatei [...] bekam und mit der Winamp-Software abspielte. Dieses erste Mal werde ich auch nicht vergessen, ich war mehr als erstaunt wie gut sich das anhörte … Interessant ist auch, dass [...]
Interesting article in the NYT about the similar problems (and the decline) Detroit and Hollywood are facing … and business model migration. [...] it suddenly seems the two industrial capitals have something in common. [...] both are discovering that the strategy and tactics that until recently brought them huge profits have led them to re-examine [...]
Nicholas Carr’s thoughts on the Oracle/Peoplesoft Merger are interesting, questioning the popular notion that mergers of software firms are horribly difficult, if not inherently doomed. Mainstream thinking holds that because the value of software makers lies in the creativity of their “human assets,” [...] you couldn’t apply tough management discipline in quickly consolidating two organizations [...]
Are Intel and Morgan Freeman’s Revelation Studios aiming to overthrow the old distribution model of the movie business? Offering movies online as soon as they hit theaters looks interesting … the movie release schedule (first theaters, then Pay-Per-View, then DVDs, then TV) is shrinking anyway. ClickStar’s business model may turn out great, even if they [...]
Well, software commoditization is rolling. Andy Singleton has written a nice commentary in the IT Managers Journal … One aspect is open source alternatives, another point is that many of these pieces of software don’t deliver on what they promise … the conclusion is that the traditional enterprise software business is dying. That doesn’t mean [...]
