Don Tapscott
Don Tapscott CM (born June 1, 1947 in Toronto ) is a Canadian entrepreneur, professor of management at the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and author.
Tapscott is the founder (1993) and chairman of the business strategy think tank nGenera Insight (formerly New Paradigm ).
In his best-known book Wikinomics : The Revolution in the Net , he describes how and why the working methods of traditional companies are challenged by the use of the principles of Web 2.0 in companies ( Enterprise 2.0 ). However, anyone who wants to take advantage of the less costly approach has to question their entire business model and make large parts of the valuable corporate knowledge openly available.
He has published twelve books, his 2008 book Grown Up Digital (2008) deals with the thinking and procedures of the digital generation (" digital natives ").
Fonts
- The digital revolution Promises of a networked world - the consequences for economy, management and society , Wiesbaden, Gabler, 1996, ISBN 3-409-18929-7
- with Anthony D. Williams: Wikinomics. The Revolution on the Net , 1st edition, Hanser, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-446-41219-4
- with Anthony D. Williams: Wikinomics. How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything , B&T, New York 2006, ISBN 978-1-59184-138-8
- Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World , McGraw-Hill Professional 2008. ISBN 978-0-07-150863-6
- with Alex Tapscott: The Blockchain Revolution. How the technology behind Bitcoin is changing not just the financial system, but the whole world . Plassen publishing house. Kulmbach. 2016. ISBN 978-3-86470-388-1
Web links
- Literature by and about Don Tapscott in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tapscott, Don |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian university professor, author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toronto |