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8 Leading Areas for Change In Risk Management/Analysis In The Coming Years

Strategy Driven

Managers and people in higher positions, in general, are always looking for ways to improve bottom-line operations and minimize the risks. Businesses across the world have become an integral part of the networked economy. It will push risk analysis toward the use of technology and software solutions.

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What Uber’s China Deal Says About the Limits of Platforms

Harvard Business Review

On August 1 Uber announced that it is selling its Chinese brand and operations to Didi Chuxing for $1 billion, its annual burn rate in that market, in exchange for a 20% stake in the local competitor. Are there really global network economies? Do switching costs help sustain network advantages?

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The Serendipity Machine

Mills Scofield

It is an attitude of openness and sharing that anyone operating within a social network needs to have anyway. The company understands it as the fabric out of which value is created in the network economy. Seats2meet.com makes an enormous effort to develop the best technology available to support this serendipity.