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Category — Innovation

Collapse and Creative Destruction

Clay Shirky posted a very interesting article on creative destruction wrought by the emerging ICT-paradigm, in particular on the television industry. Lots of Schumpeterian economic evolution-revolution. Check it out here.

Thanks to my uncle Ashley, a loyal Evolution-Revolution reader, for sending me the link.   Picture from http://affordablehousinginstitute.org/blogs/us/2007/07/the-value-of-foreclosure.html

April 7, 2010   3 Comments

Does Steve Ballmer want Microsoft to be more like Ford was when his dad worked there?

Above: Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division after one of Steve Ballmer’s “angry” days.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft management is cracking down on the use of iPhones amongst company employees. In a recent meeting executives Andy Lees (who is in charge of mobile-phone software development) and Robbie Bach (President of Entertainment and Devices Division, responsible for a.o. the Xbox) were chastised by CEO Steve Ballmer when arguing that [Read more →]

March 17, 2010   5 Comments