Some people believe the adoption of Enterprise 2.0 can go a long way towards not only solving problems but delivering value. First coined as an expression by Andrew McAfee, Enterprise 2.0 has been defined as:

TomTom, the Dutch company famous for satellite navigation or satnav systems released their latest set of financial results last week. They reported a drop of 29% in quarterly profits with net profits for the final quarter of 2010 of €52 million compared with €72 million for the corresponding period in the previous year.

For CIMA students that are studying the Enterprise pillar papers this is a timely real life reminder of some key strategic issues.

The New York Times was first published in 1851 and Eastman Kodak was founded in 1892. Both are American legends through and through with a worldwide reputation.

Whilst the NYT and Kodak have had incredible success over the years they have both recently faced a number of pretty significant challenges to their business models.

Hi all,

I wanted to give you an update about changes we are making to the Groups. We have over 30 groups on CIMAsphere now, and some of them are getting really big, while others are growing gradually.

If the convergence of various economic models around the necessity of big government is the broader context we must now operate in as businesses and individuals, what are the implications?

Welcome to CIMA’s new online community - CIMAsphere. We’ve been busy behind the scenes these last few months building the community and thinking through ways to make it relevant and useful. But enough about us, because CIMAsphere is all about you.

If you look around CIMAsphere you’ll see there are a lot of areas for CIMA students and members to congregate in, explore and discuss the very specialised (and more general!) things that make up the management accountant’s world. If you feel there’s anything missing, let us know.