Mark McDonald

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Situation is the next step beyond service or solution

by Mark P. McDonald  |  January 27, 2012  |  3 Comments

Value creation and innovation come from thinking in new ways about organizational offerings.  Over the last 50 years there has been a progression from offerings based on products (things that you use in your life), to those based on selling solutions (products that we use for you) to selling services (that you incorporate into your [...]

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eBooks: an ongoing experiment in digitization

by Mark P. McDonald  |  August 31, 2011  |  Submit a Comment

eReaders are changing the market for books and reading in ways that few could have imagined. Amazon’s announcement that it now sells more eBooks than Paperbacks creates an occasion to take a look at what is going on in the book marketplace and what it may mean for all of us. First the obvious stuff; [...]

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