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The Case of the Corporate Spy
Industry-sponsored research, while far from conclusive, suggests that companies that engage in corporate spying see a payoff in increased revenue, costs avoided, and better decision-making. With the economy in free fall, those advantages can make all the difference. "Visibility in the business world is so low right now," says Mark R. Little, director of strategy analysis for GlaxoSmithKline PLC. "If you don't have competitive intelligence, you're going to be in trouble." And if you do, at least you'll see it coming.
Tagged: / Business Week By: Jim Kerstetter
Global Infotech - Readiness for the Networked World
The central component of each profile consists of an executive summary of the country's Networked Readiness situation. Each Readiness snapshot highlights the major trends and events within the country, and makes reference to particularly important elements from the Networked Readiness Index and its subindexes and micro-indexes.
Tagged: / World Economic Forum / Center for Int. Dev.
Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software
An individual ant, like an individual neuron, is just about as dumb as can be. Connect enough of them together properly, though, and you get spontaneous intelligence. Starting with the weird behavior of the semi-colonial organisms we call slime molds, Johnson details the development of increasingly complex and familiar behavior among simple components: cells, insects, and software developers all find their place in greater schemes. Readers unfamiliar with the sciences of complexity will find Emergence an excellent starting point, while those who were chaotic before it was cool will appreciate its updates and wider scope.
Tagged: Book / Emergence By: Steven Johnson
Virtual Prospecting
“Data mining harnesses artificial intelligence and slick statistical tricks to unearth insights hiding inside mountains of data. The software is so thorough, and so clever at spotting subtle relationships and associations, that it regularly makes fresh discoveries. The results can point to new business opportunities, novel products, and better manufacturing processes--especially when the results are presented graphically, by means of sophisticated visualization systems.”
Tagged: / Business Week By: Otis Port
As the Future Catches You
“Countries... Businesses... Governments... That Seek To Protect... To Maintain The Status Quo... Are Bound To Get Poorer Quickly... As Technology Flourishes In Other Regions.” “The genomics revolution could potentially lead to... Anywhere between 4,000 and 10,000 new medicines... Which could require that the pharmaceutical industry spend over... $2,000,000,000,000 on R&D... A sum close to what every person in Latin America produces in one year... So it is no wonder that pharmaceutical companies are merging madly... To try to stay on top of the genetics revolution.”
Tagged: Book / As the Future Catches Us By: Juan Enriquez
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