Excellent article on constructive capitalism. Umair Haque at his best. http://bit.ly/5dklTu
Joli article sur Climpact sur le blog du Figaro http://bit.ly/5jamkn
RT @melinelanouille: Hugh Grant a acheté un Wahrol pour 2 millions de livres. Il vient d’avouer qu’il était bourré… http://bit.ly/6MERJH
Reportage TF1 (JT de 13h) sur notre participation Delamaison.fr http://bit.ly/5adQdu
A quoi bon marquer “délicieux” sur un emballage? Auto-conviction ? http://twitpic.com/t1k5g
Mathématiques collaboratives – http://bit.ly/7aK3cs
Une très belle histoire sur une application insolite du crowdsourcing.
Timothy Gowers, médaille Fields de mathématiques, s’est demandé si le lectorat de son blog serait capable, par la…
A great story about an unexpected result of crowdsourcing.
Timothy Gowers, Fields medal in maths, wondered if his blog readership might be able, collaboratively, to advance towards prooving an intractable theorem.
He posted an explanation of the problem, a series of rules on cooperation, and let his readers discuss.
His reasoning ?
Different people have different characteristics when it comes to research. Some like to throw out ideas, others to criticize them, others…
What if the most accessible product for your brand was not manufactured by your brand at all ?
According to Bloomberg, via the excellent Marginal Revolution blog, out of 100 countergeit bag owners, 46 move to the real thing within 2 and a half year:
The counterfeit actually served as a placebo for brand attachment. People were becoming increasingly attached to the real brand even though they never possessed it at all.
Sur 100 possesseurs de sacs de contre-façon, 46 achètent un vrai dans les 30 mois http://bit.ly/6uyeM4
Et si le meilleur produit d’appel était fait par quelqu’un d’autre ?
Selon un article Bloomberg, repris par l’excellent Marginal Revolution, une étude montre que sur 100 possesseurs de sacs…
A l’heure où les « Journées de l’Entrepreneur* » qui se sont tenues, du 16 au 22 novembre derniers en France et dans 82 pays dans le monde achèvent leur 3ème édition (et oui, 3 ans après leur…
L’entrepreneur : acteur principal de la sortie de crise, ou relire Joseph Schumpeter…
Now that the third edition of the Global Entrepreneurship Week has come to an end in France and 82 countries across the world, Joseph Schumpeter’s works are particularly relevant. Schumpeter highlighted the key role of the entrepreneur in bringing economic change and the reasons behind the current spate of entrepreneurial activity in France and elsewhere in the world.
the entrepreneur, a key player in economic change
Schumpeter stressed the major role played by innovation in driving the…