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Structural Evolutions in Data

O'Reilly

” That came to mind when a friend raised a point about emerging technology’s fractal nature. ” Web3 has similarly progressed through “basic blockchain and cryptocurrency tokens” to “decentralized finance” to “NFTs as loyalty cards.” Cloud computing?

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Are Microservices to Ecosystems as Core Competencies were to Conglomerates?

The Agile Manager

The thinking was that by owning the supply chain from raw materials to retail outlets, a firm had direct control over its entire cost structure, making it better able to squeeze efficiencies out of it and being less susceptible to supply shocks. To the HR platform company, there are a lot of good reasons to do this.