Currently mostly every single company has intranet, which contains information of various kinds i.e. company news, employee directory, training material etc. The same companies have different platforms/tools for project work and other similar activities. The problem with these systems is that they are usually very complex to find information, scattered and difficult to use - anti-user-friendly in other words.
The very same issues apply to the customer and supplier side. Many companies have some..
Apple understands how to position itself strategically in digital environments by seeing that it Is more fruitful to manage the market instead of leading the production of its contents.
Participatory corporate intranets are in fact closed information systems. Its closed nature allows great insight in the diffusion process of knowledge in space and time. But its perceived openness is a double-edged sword for all involved. In an environment where consumers have also become producers and the role..
Did the 90s see the depreciation of the field of sociology; now at the end of the 00s we see a sharp re-appreciation of the field, especially with regard to what it can teach us on social networks online.
Bo Harald entry on RTE site talked about what could be gained when we develop a good picture of the social networks of our employees. This can be translated into portfolio strategy similar to the mapping of innovation efforts/projects. The value of sales potential is often distributed counter..
Today it was announced that: Groningen, biggest city in the North of the Netherlands app 185,000 inhabitants, will get as one of the first cities in the world a citywide network for wireless internet access.
This summer the construction of the network will start in the centre of the city. At the beginning of 2011 the whole city should have access.
The system of wireless internet access in Groningen is special, because it is not using hotspots but a citywide WiFi network. The system is also speci..
Over the years digital signage in public places has become an increasingly common sight in shopping common sight in shopping centers around the world.
TruMedia have been pioneering the smart sign surveillance technology.
However until recently there's always been one big problem with the expensive advertising medium: How can advertisers tell if anyone is actually watching it?
To solve that problem, ad..
Besides markets and hierarchies there is a third way to arrange economic activities which lie in between of these extremes: networks. The competitive environment of firms is changing in a fundamental way as networks are fast becoming an important way of producing products and services. Some information goods, especially complex ones like movies and computer programs, are also produced in networks. A few of the reasons for this are to gain the necessary capital as producing the first unit is v..