Tag: commerce

the Economist on buying local

The Economist has an article in this week’s issue about the “Buy Local” movement, in which three reasons for buying local are put forward: A “character” argument: “local and independent businesses have more individual character” and “are owned by …

the new wave is open collaboration

A recent article in MIT Sloan Review has posed the question whether one’s firm should embrace it or not. What, though, I admired most about the post was that the authors, Bougreau and Lakhani, addressed the topic of business models. What’s the Bus…