http://www.calt.insead.edu/webtrends A blog associated with the course Web Trends & Strategies MBA Elective course. May-June 2008 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:58:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Twines,  the Semantic Web Application for exchanging knowledge, has a public twine is for sharing news articles or other information that are of special interest or value in understanding where the Web industry is heading.   see: Twine Web Industry Trends   Note: this Twine is also available via the following rss feed: http://www.twine.com/feed/atom/entries/twine/1hj7rh6g-q4/web-industry-trends/items http://www.calt.insead.edu/webtrends/index.php/2008/08/29/twine-web-industry-trends/ Here are the slides: http://www.calt.insead.edu/eis/WebTrends/WebtrendsSession6.pdf http://www.calt.insead.edu/webtrends/index.php/2008/06/17/brians-slides-for-session-6-on-advertising-infrastructure-and-network-externalities/ The governement can also benefit from new web approaches, as suggested by Don Tapscott, author of Wikinomics in this podcast.   Business strategist and author Don Tapscott explains how he is working to create government Web sites intended to get American citizens engaged in democracy. He says the Internet can make government ... http://www.calt.insead.edu/webtrends/index.php/2008/06/15/web-trends-in-government-with-government-20/ Kishore Sengupta, Tarek K. Abdel-Hamid and Luk Van Wassenhove, Harvard Business Review, February 2008, See also the Podcast and Video at INSEAD Knowledge.   When companies look for a manager, they should look for experience, right? Well, maybe not.  INSEAD professors Kishore Sengupta and Luk Van Wassenhove say their research has revealed what they call ... http://www.calt.insead.edu/webtrends/index.php/2008/06/12/the-experience-trap-an-article-in-hbs-and-podcast/ The advent of devices with integrated GPS such as the last version of the Apple IPhone, could represent an important trend, and contribute to make the Web 4.0 (the ubiquitous web) a reality. Look at the following Video showing Steve Jobs demonstrating an application making use of GPS. At the Apple WWDC ... http://www.calt.insead.edu/webtrends/index.php/2008/06/11/location-based-services-areally-big-thing/ Here are the Slides about Cisco: http://www.calt.insead.edu/eis/WebTrends/CiscoINSEADWebTrends.pdf (pdf, 6Mb)   Here's the video Marc showed about future Telepresence:   And here are my Notes about the subjects we covered in Session 1: http://www.calt.insead.edu/webtrends/index.php/2008/06/03/web-trends-strategies-session-1/ An elective Course for INSEAD MBA students, about Web Trends, from a strategical and business perspective. May-June 2008 Albert A. Angehrn presents the Webtrends Course for the INSEAD MBAs 2008 This course will also also include a Simulation (aSap), as well as a number of invited speakers that will talk about their ... http://www.calt.insead.edu/webtrends/index.php/2008/03/14/hello-world/