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The next technology wave

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“I’m not good with technology,” says someone, as she opens the refrigerator. She then pours water in the kettle and returns it to the hob.

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Notes

  1. See, e.g., P. Checkland, Systems Thinking, Systems Practice, Chichester, UK: Wiley, 1999;

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. IE Business School, Spain

    Oswaldo Lorenzo (Professor of Management)

  2. Manchester Business School, UK

    Peter Kawalek (Professor of Information Systems)

  3. Expertia Consulting Group, UK

    Gastón González

  4. Bristol Business School, UK

    Boumediene Ramdani (Senior Lecturer in Strategy and Operations Management)

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© 2011 Oswaldo Lorenzo, Peter Kawalek, Gastón González & Boumediene Ramdani

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Lorenzo, O., Kawalek, P., González, G., Ramdani, B. (2011). The next technology wave. In: The Long Conversation. IE Business Publishing. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230337190_6

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