The starting point for this book is that digitisation works as a catalyst for society and the organisations therein. A catalyst is something that increases the speed of a process without itself being consumed. It simply produces results faster. Digitisation, if used in the wrong way, can also make a bad situation worse. And it can make wh…
Globalization may be considered a process in which the network of human interaction gradually widens and takes on new and more complex forms. We would venture to say that each step of these deeper and more inclusive interconnections has unique characteristics. For instance, during the time of the great empires at the beginning of the Common Era (CE), the flow of materials and intellectual influ…