Price isn't everything in the transparent world of online commerce
In the Web's early days, self-styled seers proclaimed that the ironclad law of online commerce would be survival of the cheapest. Consumers could compare products with a few clicks of a mouse, these folks said, and thus they'd all soon migrate to the places where they paid the least.
Video: Collaborative technology poses challenges for businesses
Collaborative technology can advance business through innovation if it can be managed, translated and used creatively. At the "Achieving Innovation through Collaboration" symposium, hosted by the Center for Advancing Business through Information Technology at the W. P.
Video: Industry leaders discuss what's on the horizon for collaboration
Collaborative technology is continuing to evolve -- fostering innovation, connecting experts and creating relationships, between companies and their customers.
Security and governance: Balancing collaboration and control
In late 2006, hackers stole information concerning 45.7 million debit and credit cards from the parent company of discount retailers T.J. Maxx and Marshalls.
Podcast: Digital management solutions are basic competitive necessity
Digital universe. Exabytes. Data fluidity value. Master data management solutions. This is the language of the future of business. As the amount of data companies attain and store grows, so too must the ability to deal effectively with this digital avalanche.
Video: Industry leaders discuss collaborative opportunities
The expansive reach of collaborative technology can bring together expertise and expedite innovation. At the "Achieving Innovation through Collaboration" symposium, hosted by the Center for Advancing Business through Information Technology at the W. P. Carey School of Business, Knowledge@W. P.
Good idea: Creating an online community of innovators
A recent survey found that $20 billion is spent annually on market research, and yet 80 percent of new items fail, according to Bart Steiner, founder and CEO of Phoenix-based Bulbstorm.com.
Multitasking millennials work well in the Web 2.0 world
The wild and wooly world of Web 2.0 development is a comfortable work environment for 20-something employees, says Harbrinder Kang, director of collaboration technologies for Cisco Systems, Inc. "This generation functions differently.
Stagecoach island: Nexus of the nexters
GMoney is young and loves to shop, but unlike most young women, she's already a homeowner with a low, low mortgage and a respectable savings account. GMoney is the avatar, or online image, of Gina Fung, who in real life is vice president of experiential marketing for Wells Fargo & Co.
Hospitals and doctors work together to improve patient care and the bottom line
Banner Health System saved $5 million and saw misdiagnosis claims from patient lawsuits drop 58 percent in just a year thanks to an insightful collaboration between hospitals and doctors determined to change the status quo.