ITworld | IT news, technology analysis and how-to resources. An SOA, BPM, Decision Management and Cloud Computing Guide for t. TechTarget, The Technology Media ROI Experts. Taming Information - Information organizers, information managem. Internet.com - The Network for Technology Professionals. Siteworx - Full-service Interactive Agency, Content Management & WSTA Home Page. The Paradox of the Information Age Business Models | IT THOUGHT. Today, I came across a fascinating discussion about Information Age business models at the Harvard Business School Publishing website. It encapsulates the entire paradox of doing business in the Information Age – do you use the wonderful processing power today to turn old ideas out quicker at low cost or do your innovate and produce new ones even though they may not be price competitive.
Both can be profitable uses of today’s technology and approaches to doing business, but one is obviously easier than the other, and unfortunately stifles and threatens the other economically. Harvard Business Publishing: The Best Business Model in the World by Umair Haque Everybody’s searching desperately for business model innovation: Detroit, newspapers, record labels, banks. No market is left untouched, no value proposition sacrosanct.Yet, the best business model in the world is also the simplest : make stuff that’s insanely great. What do you think?