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Autore |
Lambe Patrick <1960-> |
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Titolo |
The blind tour guide / / Patrick Lambe |
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Singapore, : Times Books International, 2002 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (166 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Information technology - Economic aspects |
Knowledge management |
Technological innovations - Management |
Industrial management |
Success in business |
Information society |
Risk management |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Becoming a New Economy Manager; 2 How are the Mighty Fallen; 3 Sick Companies; 4 Leadership in the New Economy; 5 The Panopticon; 6 Branching Out: Dilemmas in Education; 7 Sisyphus; 8 The Geeks Have It; 9 The Real Threat to Asian Companies; 10 In Praise of Older Workers; 11 Time and Motion; 12 Gutenberg's Periscope; 13 Buying into Risk; 14 The New Landscape of Risk; 15 Fast Technology, Slow People; 16 Slow People, Slower World; 17 Lower Friction, Higher Risk; 18 Who Pays for Risk in the Connected Economy?; 19 Buying Time: Coffee and the New Economy |
20 Spending Time: An Anatomy of Outrage 21 Innovating - Inside the Box; 22 Innovation:Out of the (Juke) Box; 23 In Praise of Laggards; 24 Friction is Dead: Long Live Friction; 25 Tale of Dog and Duck; 26 The Old New Economy; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Patrick Lambe explores the impact of technological change on business and working life, providing a frontline view of the day-to-day changes that accompany one of the most incredible transformations of society |
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in the world today -- the much debated new economy. Though the book's context and perspective is Singaporean, the issues discussed are global ones. The thoughtful analysis and engaging style of its British writer range widely over new economy issues from the forests of Sweden (becoming rapidly depleted of women), to the cyber cafes of Kazakhstan (where teenagers eye Australian immigration |
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