1libro1euro. The future is free. Digital Planet has spoken to Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired magazine, about the release of his new book, Free: The Future of Radical Price.
He told the World Service about the concept of 'freeconomics', the business model behind web companies like Google, YouTube and Yahoo, where giving away things for free is making them money. He believes the digital world is leading the way in successful business and will continue to reduce their prices until they reach zero. "In the 20th century it was pretty much a trick, there's no such thing as a free lunch and you get what you paid for.
"In the 21st century it's based on the underlying economics of digital stuff, which is Moore's Law," he added. Moore's Law describes the long-term trend in the history of computing, where the power and capacity of a computer improves every two years, in turn bringing the cost down. What Management 2.0 Looks Like. By Polly LaBarre | 9:18 AM August 1, 2011 We’re delighted to announce the finalists for the Management 2.0 Challenge.
In this first leg of the HBR/McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation, we asked the most progressive thinkers and radical doers from every realm of endeavor to share a story, a hack, a disruptive idea, or an experimental design that illustrates how the web can help overcome the limits of conventional management and create Management 2.0. That vision came vividly to life in the more than 140 hacks and stories that poured in over two months. The judges had a tough time selecting just 20 entries to move on to the final round.