Blur : The Speed of Change in the Connected Economy

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Speed, connectivity, and intangibles define business today.

BLUR is a great read for entrepreneurs and business leaders who want to thrive in the new connected economy. The authors, Stan Davis and Chris Meyer, provide a framework for adapting to the changes brought about by speed, connectivity, and intangibles in business. Through real-world examples from enterprises such as Amazon and MCI, they demonstrate how to deliver and capture value, evaluate success, develop strategy, and manage organizations in this rapidly changing economic landscape. This book is an essential guide for anyone who wants to thrive in the modern business world.

Blur : The Speed of Change in the Connected Economy

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ISBN: 9780201339871
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Date of Publication: 1998-03-25
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Economics, Business
Related Topics: Technology
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Speed. Intangibles. Connectivity. As these three forces converge, every dimension of business behavior is being challenged to its core. If you think that business can be sustained by the old rules of mass production, segmented pricing, and stale organizations, you'll need to think again.Welcome to the new economy—a world where the rate of change is so fast it's only a blur, where the clear lines distinguishing buyer from seller, product from service, employee from entrepreneur are disappearing. To profit from these revolutionary patterns of business, you need a dynamic guide to the new economy. You need BLUR .In this groundbreaking book, Stan Davis and Chris Meyer deliver more than a guided tour to these momentous shifts. They offer readers a working model to illustrate and benefit from the new rules of the connected economy, where advantage is temporary and nothing is fixed in time or space. Showcasing the practices of dozens of enterprises exploring the new frontiers of business—from Amazon.com to DreamWorks SKG to MBNA America—Davis and Meyer build a new frame-work for delivering and capturing value, evaluating success, developing strategy, and managing organizations in an economic world no longer determined by static measures of supply and demand. BLUR provides a lens for bringing the emerging economic landscape into focus—a world in which change is constant; knowledge and imagination are more valuable than physical capital; products and services are blended as ”offers”; transactions give way to ”exchanges”' and physical markets take on the characteristics of financial markets. This world rewards those who buck convention, like MCI, which has reorganized every six months to release creativity, or David Bowie, who has sold options on his future earnings as an artist. Adaptability is paramount, as more companies build permeable networks of business relationships with suppliers, distributors, employees, and even competitors, and individuals become ”free agents,” contracting their services to the highest bidders. BLUR challenges you to question every assumption you hold about how business is conducted, and encourages you to experiment at the edges of business. BLUR outlines nothing less than a revolution in business and consumer culture. Will you watch on the sidelines as the innovators overtake you, or are you ready to start playing by—and discovering—the rules of BLUR?
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Speed, connectivity, and intangibles define business today.

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