Technology
Technology
In the years ahead, the workplace will be characterized by high degrees of demographic diversity. Today, there are four generations represented in the workforce: the Silent Generation (born between the Great Depression...
Conventional wisdom has long held that the Internet, more than any other human innovation, has the potential to transform the globe into a world of ""robust direct democracy"" and "friction-free democracy," empowering...
In a world of specialization--by both businesses and the people who work in them, it should not be a surprise that business books are also becoming more specialized and directed towards a more narrow audience. With...
Online learning (i.e., e-learning, iLearning, online training, Web-based training, "webucation," etc.), the union of education and the Internet, is an ever-evolving system, which has altered the way companies do...
Sloman says that as a consequence of the connected economy, the capability and potential of technology-based training has changed considerably, as has the way organizations compete and society advances. These related...
Digitization is the most important issue in business today. Traditional old-economy companies must avoid falling prey to the unprecedented forces of creative destruction unleashed by the digital economy. For e-...
In iBrain, Gary Small and Gigi Vorgan show how digital technology is changing how the human brain functions. Not only do people think, behave, and feel differently as a result of daily exposure to high...
In 1886, Charles Martin Hall discovered an inexpensive way to smelt aluminum, and the patent he immediately applied for gave him a legal monopoly on his invention. In 1889, Alfred E. Hunt, a Pittsburgh entrepreneur and...
Mobile application software has become an integrated component of the way many people socialize, run businesses, schedule appointments, and entertain themselves. The term app is now commonly understood to mean any...
The conventional methods of marketing consist of basic messages and advertising techniques created by a few people and directed toward a large market through channels that distribute the same message, at the same time...
