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A heartfelt tribute to the author's late mother, this book explores the profound bond they shared. Her influence and unwavering support serve as his greatest inspiration, shaping his life and work. Through personal reflections, the author honors her memory and the impact she had on his journey.

The global financial crisis of 2008 highlighted the need for a new approach to governing the economy, emphasizing transparency, integrity, and collaboration in financial services. As the crisis spread to other sectors, including environmental and sovereign debt issues, it became evident that traditional institutions were struggling to adapt. However, amidst the turmoil, there is optimism as a new model of economic and social innovation emerges worldwide. This model empowers individuals with passion and expertise to leverage Web-based tools for creating a more prosperous, just, and sustainable world. Drawing parallels to collaborative projects like Wikipedia and Linux, there is a historic opportunity to harness collective human ingenuity to reshape institutions for future generations. This follow-up to a best-selling management book presents a game plan for addressing global challenges through collaborative innovation across various fields such as healthcare, education, and energy. It showcases dynamic innovators and movements that are transforming industries and argues that the potential for collaboration extends beyond software and media to include government, education, and healthcare. These opportunities are not mere fantasies but tangible possibilities enabled by the principles of wikinomics.

Evaluates the ways in which the global marketplace has significantly changed in recent years, revealing how wikinomics philosophies can be applied to everything from government and finance to education and health care.

In 'Wikinomics' the authors showed how the Internet changed the way the very smartest business managers think about structures and strategies. Now, in 'MacroWikinomics', they demonstrate how this revolution in thinking can fix a broken world.

<b> In just the last few years, traditional collaboration—in a meeting room, a conference call, even a convention center—has been superseded by collaborations on an astronomical scale. </b> <p> Today, encyclopedias, jetliners, operating systems, mutual funds, and many other items are being created by teams numbering in the thousands or even millions. While some leaders fear the heaving growth of these massive online communities, <i>Wikinomics</i> proves this fear is folly. Smart firms can harness collective capability and genius to spur innovation, growth, and success. </p><p> A brilliant guide to one of the most profound changes of our time, <i>Wikinomics</i> challenges our most deeply-rooted assumptions about business and will prove indispensable to anyone who wants to understand competitiveness in the twenty-first century. </p><p> Based on a $9 million research project led by bestselling author Don Tapscott, <i>Wikinomics</i> shows how masses of people can participate in the economy like never before. They are creating TV news stories, sequencing the human genome, remixing their favorite music, designing software, finding a cure for disease, editing school texts, inventing new cosmetics, or even building motorcycles. You'll read about: • Rob McEwen, the Goldcorp, Inc. CEO who used open source tactics and an online competition to save his company and breathe new life into an old-fashioned industry. • Flickr, Second Life, YouTube, and other thriving online communities that transcend social networking to pioneer a new form of collaborative production. • Mature companies like Procter &amp; Gamble that cultivate nimble, trust-based relationships with external collaborators to form vibrant business ecosystems. An important look into the future, <i>Wikinomics</i> will be your road map for doing business in the twenty-first century.</p>

Translated into more than 20 languages and named one of the best business books of the year by reviewers around the world, "Wikinomics" has become essential reading for business people everywhere as it explains how mass collaboration is happening not just at Web sites but at traditional companies.