Indeed, it is possible that it will have as profound an impact on economic growth and social well-being in today’s knowledge economy as the development of machine tools had on the industrial economy of the mid-19th century.
By David Gann and Mark Dodgson
Full Paper: http://www.nesta.org.uk/assets/pdf/innovation_technology_provocation_NESTA.pdf
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Leadership and Innovation in a Networked World
New communication and collaboration platforms, media, and tools now allow many-to-many collaboration at a scale and cost that could never have been achieved in the past.
Diego Rodriguez and Doug Solomon
Full Paper: http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1162/itgg.2007.2.3.3