{"id":958,"date":"2007-11-02T14:46:56","date_gmt":"2007-11-02T13:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.martin-koser.de\/BMID\/index.php\/archive\/business-software-competing-in-a-flat-world-leadership-and-more-podcasts\/"},"modified":"2007-11-02T14:46:56","modified_gmt":"2007-11-02T13:46:56","slug":"business-software-competing-in-a-flat-world-leadership-and-more-podcasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.martin-koser.de\/BMID\/2007\/11\/business-software-competing-in-a-flat-world-leadership-and-more-podcasts\/","title":{"rendered":"Business software, competing in a flat world, leadership and more podcasts &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Need some business oriented mp3s for a long trip to Berlin? Then check out these:<\/p>\n<p>In FT.com&#8217;s digital business podcast of October 31, 2007 Nicholas Carr argues it is better to buy off-the-shelf business software than to build your own. [&#8230;] Columnist Ade McCormack explains open source software. And SAP&#8217;s chief executive talks about its new focus on mid-sized businesses. Get the <a href=\"http:\/\/podcast.ft.com\/media\/408.mp3\">mp3<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Knowledge@Wharton has an discussion with Victor and William Fung, group chairman and managing director of Hong Kong-based Li &#038; Fung, and Yoram (Jerry) Wind, a professor of marketing at Wharton:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When Thomas Friedman wrote his popular book, The World Is Flat, one of its central arguments was that geography might soon become history. The proliferation of information technology and telecommunications networks has integrated the world in ways that were unimaginable in the past &#8212; and this has transformed how companies produce and distribute products and services. One result of this transformation is the rise of networks of companies that are bound together through IT and logistics. How can firms strive for and gain competitive advantage in such an environment? <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Of course, they are pushing their new book, Competing in a Flat World: Building Enterprises for a Borderless World, website and some reviews are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.competinginaflatworld.net\/\">here<\/a>. Excerpts at <a href=\"http:\/\/safari.oreilly.com\/9780132332903\">O&#8217;Reilly&#8217;s Safari<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Then there are two german podcasts &#8211; for the bilingual listeners:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Richtig f&uuml;hren will gelernt sein &#8211; auch und gerade f&uuml;r die F&uuml;hrungskr&auml;fte der Wirtschaft. Die Palette an sogenannten \u00abF&uuml;hrungskursen\u00bb ist breit: Ein Angebot ist das \u00abSeitenwechselprogramm\u00bb der Schweizerischen Gemeinn&uuml;tzigen Gesellschaft. Ein Manager wechselt f&uuml;r eine Woche die Seite und arbeitet in einer sozialen Institution, zum Beispiel in einer Gassenk&uuml;che. Die Idee dahinter: Durch diesen Seitenwechsel gewinnt der Manager an Einsichten, die seinen F&uuml;hrungsstil ver&auml;ndern, verbessern sollen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> Hier das <a href=\"http:\/\/pod.drs.ch\/mp3\/kontext\/kontext_200710291000.mp3\">mp3<\/a> (Schweizer Radio DRS).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Unter Wirtschafts-Managern herrscht bekannterma&szlig;en ein gro&szlig;es Bed&uuml;rfnis nach Erfolgsrezepten &#8211; die wachsende Zahl einschl&auml;giger Zeitschriften bezeugt dies. Doch welche Strategien bieten solche Publikationen an? Es gibt Anzeichen f&uuml;r eine Fiktionalisierung wirtschaftlichen Handelns, die vielleicht erkl&auml;ren kann, warum zwischen Profit und Wertsch&ouml;pfung eine immer gr&ouml;&szlig;ere L&uuml;cke klafft.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> Eine Sendung von Oliver Rehlinger mit der Gespr&auml;chspartnerin Geraldine Schr&ouml;der, PR-Expertin im <a href=\"http:\/\/inforadio.de\/\">Inforadio<\/a>. Hier das <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inforadio.de\/media\/mp3\/3034291X_5C8334E1178D467B97DE233DF80BE16C.MP3\">mp3<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Need some business oriented mp3s for a long trip to Berlin? Then check out these: In FT.com&#8217;s digital business podcast of October 31, 2007 Nicholas Carr argues it is better to buy off-the-shelf business software than to build your own. [&#8230;] Columnist Ade McCormack explains open source software. 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