Thinking Beyond Technology - Creating New Value in Business

The book examines the value proposition of technology and its relationship with business innovation, social preferences and its role as a mechanism of labour savings or revenue generation. In the same style as his first book, Redefining Financial Services , the author combines empirical knowledge with a historical approach revealing the explicit nature of technological advancement while analysing the implicit impact on the process of business. The book presents the reader with a question: does society shape technology or is technology shaping society?

List of contents

The Evolution of Technology from Invention to Transformation The Timeless Behaviours of Corporate Bureaucracies Disintermediation Customer Interaction The Digitally Connected Renaissance The Impact on Global Business

About the author

JOSEPH A. DIVANNA is CEO of Maris Strategies. He has been a management and technology consultant for over 20 years and was previously a faculty member at CSC Index's Research and Advisory Services. He has authored articles for Reuters, TowerGroup and Concert and is a worldwide speaker on financial services, technology and e-commerce.

Summary

The book examines the value proposition of technology and its relationship with business innovation, social preferences and its role as a mechanism of labour savings or revenue generation. In the same style as his first book, Redefining Financial Services , the author combines empirical knowledge with a historical approach revealing the explicit nature of technological advancement while analysing the implicit impact on the process of business. The book presents the reader with a question: does society shape technology or is technology shaping society?

Product details

• Authors: J DiVanna, J. DiVanna
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9781349508150
• ISBN: 978-1-349-50815-0
• No. of pages: 226
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 13 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 359 g
• Illustrations: XIII, 226 p. 36 illus.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Social sciences, law, business > Business; B, Leadership, Business Strategy/Leadership, Operations Management, business strategy, Management of specific areas, Production management, Educational Technology, Technology and Digital Education, Business Strategy and Leadership, Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Digital Education and Educational Technology, business;innovation;service