by sophie | Oct 18, 2016 | business |
For investors Having physical stuff just isn’t as great as it used to be. At home, we’re Marie Kondo–ing our way to minimalism, buying experiences rather than things, and using services — Netflix, Spotify, Uber — rather than owning assets such as movies, music,...
by sophie | Jul 25, 2016 | business |
From Harvard Business Review When Amazon decided to enter the Indian e-commerce market, it was clear from the outset that something would have to give. That something was the very business model that had made Amazon an internet powerhouse in the U.S. Amazon.com...
by sophie | May 3, 2016 | business |
From Adriana Stan As we get into cars with complete strangers, sleep in the beds of people we’ve never met and lend money to others on the other side of the world, a powerful new currency is emerging — and it’s based on trust. What’s striking about the...
by sophie | Apr 30, 2016 | business |
Smart devices, the data economy, smart cities, and medicine of the future are just some of the examples of solutions being pursued by the French government’s overarching industrial policy, Industry of the Future. The initiative, led by Emmanuel Macron, Minister...
by sophie | Mar 20, 2016 | business |
By Merijn Helle, Vice President of Retail, SAP In a recent article McKinsey advocates the adoption of a two-speed IT environment to go digital. The authors state that ‘delivering an enriched customer experience requires a new digital architecture running...
by sophie | Feb 11, 2016 | business |
By now we’re all familiar with examples of small and lean digital companies popping up out of nowhere and outcompeting larger, established companies. Insurgent startups, such as Instagram and Snapchat, manage to operate with far fewer resources than...
