Crowdsourcing is about getting work done through a virtual community of online suppliers. One recent example is the South Korean electronics firm LG which teamed up with the crowdsourcing company CrowdSPRING in Chicago to develop the “phone of the future,” explains Prof. Evgeny Káganer of IESE’s Department of Information Systems.
“Half-Life” for “Midlife Crisis”
Tudor Muşatescu, a Romanian playwright, once wrote, “The glory is not ephemeral. Ephemeral are only those that have it.” Is IBM the exception that proves the rule? As a matter of fact, Big Blue turned 100 this month, and according to its financial records in a pretty good shape. For instance, IBM’s market value passed […]
Bubble or No Bubble? An Analysis of Three Internet Companies
Facebook’s valuation is approaching $100 billion, Microsoft recently acquired Skype to the tune of $8.5 billion and Twitter’s estimated market value is $8 to $10 billion: someone is always crying bubble, but is the social web another bloated shell game or a gold mine to be tapped? In this talk, I tried to take a closer look at three Internet companies with different models, breathtaking valuations and connected users in common.
[VIDEO] From Enterprise IT to Innovative IT
The consequence and at the same time the cause of four technologies (smartphones, cloud computing, pervasive video and social media) is the commoditization of IT, where consumers are more savy about the use of technology in their dayly life
