Posted in management, tagged strategy on September 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Another article in HBR Oct’08 (free online) by Scott Cook speaks to his insight on the use of volunteers or user contributions to change the economics of industries. Some examples are:
Skype reduced capital costs to zero by using users’ PCs to run the internet based phone system
Wikipedia leverage the expertise from its constituents, with no costs to acquiring the expertise
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Posted in marketing, tagged strategy on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Very interesting article in the Oct 2008 HBR (free online):
Hagel, Brown, Davison described the concept of shaping strategies, which are initiatives that mobilize ecosystems to reshape industries — usually occur in a world of constant disruptions, like now… Such a strategy includes 3 elements:
view, more than a vision, that provides focus and directions for participants to help [...]
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