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Ridderstrale & Nordstrom in their excellent book Karaoke Capitalism state that “When information is abundant and equally distributed we get … a bazaar.  Likewise, when information is sparse and unequally distributed we end up with companies…”.  A sort of corollary is that companies, to remain viable, need to command knowledge and competence.  Knowledge equals information plus insight [...]

For lots of reasons the West is becoming increasingly focused on the subject of innovation.  One of these, we believe, is the increasing ‘professionalisation’ of business.  The rapid growth of technology and management consulting during the latter half of the 20th century, the popularity of MBA’s, the diffusion of management ideas and methodologies through books, [...]