The 'sharing economy' is changing the rules of business. Why buy a hedge trimmer that you use twice a year? Why not borrow someone else's? Why leave your driveway empty all day while you're at work? W
"Lisa Gansky is the ideal tour guide and provocateur for this big idea."-Seth Godin, author of Linchpin and Poke the Box Traditional businesses follow a simple formula: create a product or service,
Technology continues to evolve and make our lives busier and more complicated, but it can never replace true human connection—our fundamental need to share information, stories, and emotions. Shareolo
A public-private partnership (PPP) is a contractual arrangement with appropriate risk sharing between public and private partners for the delivery of public infrastructure or services, which is intend
The Business of Plant Breeding is the result of a study on demand-led plant variety design for markets in Africa, sharing best practices from private and public sector breeding programs worldwide that
A practical, how-to guide regarding legal issues and business benefits of ownership incentive plans, especially ESOPs. Describes how they can be used to expand or sell a company, increase productivity
Is it possible to take advantage of the benefits of data collection--and mitigate risks--for both companies and customers?Most consumers are not very skilled at evaluating privacy risks; they're either unable to determine the cost of sharing personal data online or unaware of what they're sharing. (Doesn't everyone scroll down without reading to click "I accept"?) Without much intervention from most federal or state-level governments, companies are on their own to define what qualifies as reasonable use. In today's digital surveillance economy, there are no clear-cut best practices or guidelines.Gathering and using information can help customers--we see that in personalization and autofill of online forms. But companies must act in the best interest of their customers and treat the sensitive information users give them with the ethical care of doctors, lawyers, and financial advisers. The challenges of operating in a digital ecosystem aren't going away.Customer Data and Privacy: The In
A simple, powerful idea that's reinventing the way smart, adaptive companies do business. Most businesses follow the same basic formula: create a product or service, sell it, and collect money. Wha
Due to the digitization of medical records, more and more health data is readily available. This dynamic has created many opportunities to unlock this information and use it to improve medical practic
Due to the digitization of medical records, more and more health data is readily available. This dynamic has created many opportunities to unlock this information and use it to improve medical practic
This book examines the interaction between the technical and economic issues in database-assisted dynamic spectrum networks. It explains various business models for different network settings, analyzi
"This book takes a historical look at the policy, implementation, management, and governance of productivity enhancing technologies, sharing best practices with public and private universities, IS dev
