The 21st century business

This report outlines eight macro-forces which are driving changes in business models around the world, and six characteristics of the businesses of the future.

The 21st century business

Andrew Curry and Jules PeckThe Futures Company

The corporation is at a crossroads. The businesses that we have grown up with and the business models that underpin them face deep challenges. They are being reconstructed, from within and without, by pervasive technology. Their values, and the values associated with work and the workplace, are increasingly being questioned. Their model of resource use, of "use it and throw it out," is increasingly running up against constraints of supply costs. New ways of designing and managing businesses, and new business models, are inevitable.

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