by Albert Meige | Nov 22, 2016 | DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
In parallel to the third Industrial Revolution, the world of work and employment is changing rapidly. Birth of the enterprise: from a marketplace of skills to employment Blanche Segrestin and Armand Hatchuel give a very clear history of employment and of the notion of...
by Albert Meige | Nov 18, 2016 | INNOVATION
The economist Adam Smith identified three key factors for economic growth: labor, capital, and resources. While the first and second Industrial Revolutions were mostly concerned with optimizing labor productivity and capital allocation, the third Industrial Revolution...
by Albert Meige | Nov 15, 2016 | INNOVATION
This short chapter elaborates on works by Jeremy Rifkin and also Stefan Heck and Matt Rogers. They see our world entering a third Industrial Revolution. The first Industrial Revolution, which took place during the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries and was...
by Albert Meige | Jul 21, 2016 | DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
When Apple launched the iTunes Music Store in 2003, it unknowingly created a textbook case of digital disruption. Initially designed to facilitate legal downloads in order to increase the demand for iPods, the platform has revolutionized the music industry by becoming...
by Albert Meige | Jul 21, 2016 | INNOVATION
In an era where information is instantly available everywhere on the planet, novelties seem to fade instantly. The competition is never far away, and in order to survive, there is no other choice than to innovate faster. In the space of just a few years, the time...
