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This isn’t a normal blog post but rather me sharing a paper I recently wrote to describe to a superior what it means to be a ‘Market Driven’ company. It is a long read but I think the information is applicable to many people regardless of title or position in a company.
Defining a Market [...]

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This paper will address two different technologies which when applied correctly in any place of higher education could result in a better experience for the students as well as an improved efficiency for the administration of a institute of higher education.  The first technology which could provide a radically better experience for students is RFID [...]

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As part of my ongoing MBA classes at Bluffton University I have spent the last several weeks collecting blogosphere and mainstream media references to Geeksquad, the computer repair arm of Best Buy. I will share some of the information I found through del.icio.us and technorati, as well as providing a summary.
Technorati Mentions Per Day:

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The new influx of cheap and revolutionary information technology into the business world has the chance of greatly changing even businesses with the most stringent budget. The beauty of the ideas behind the web 2.0 movement is that the barriers to entry are small which results in often free or very cheap services that [...]

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Check out this interesting story of how Goldcorp shared their intellectual property regarding geology on property they owned to avoid bankruptcy and make millions.
Goldcorp and IP sharing

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Electronic networks are pervasive many companies at presently and are used to aid in efficiently running the company. Electronic networks are defined by John Seely Brown in two ways, “First, they help deal with cascades of information that many people find so threatening. Second, they promise to handle many intricate human tasks.” (Brown, Duguid [...]

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“Companies need to realize their markets are often laughing. At them.”
20th of 95 Theses from the Cluetrain Manifesto
Sony has come under much scrutiny in the past year and has illustrated that they do not understand how to communicate on the Web as we know it today. They have been also been the subject [...]

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*This is the first part in my postings for the MBA program I am currently in. The course covers information technology in relation to a variety of topics.
Google and Wikipedia are both pioneers in the information industry and are revolutionizing the current market for information gathering and information sharing. These two companies share [...]

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