The cloud storms as a disruptive force The cloud in its various forms (SaaS, IaaS and PaaS) trumps all market sectors by a wide margin in this two-part question. Slightly more than half (56 percent) predict that these cloud services will lead consumer technology change and shake up business the most (55 percent). Moreover, software […]

Technological progress is not the only force that drives transformative growth in economies; for example, US growth during the 1970s was driven by the entry of millions of women and baby boomers into the labor force. However, technological advances have been an especially valuable source of growth because they tend to be “non-rival” in nature, […]

Disruptive business models introduce threats to existing ways, but also opportunities for new sources of competitive advantage (Markides, 2006). Christensen’s landmark disruptive theory explains how fringe ideas come to redefine entire markets, not only explains why new businesses emerge and maturecompanies fall. It actually helps to predict the future success of new ventures more accurately. […]

Definitions of corporate governance vary widely. They tend to fall into two categories. The first set of definitions concerns itself with a set of behavioral patterns: that is, the actual behavior of corporations, in terms of such measures as performance, efficiency, growth, financial structure, and treatment of shareholders and other stakeholders. The second set concerns […]