The New Exchange Economy: Profiting from Instant Commerce

Thomas M Koulopoulos is president and founder of the Delphi Group, a syndicated columnist for publications such as inc.com, Intelligent Enterprise and Knowledge Management Magazine and a lecturer at the Boston College graduate school of management. Named on of the industries six most influential consultants by Information Week Magazine, Koulopoulos is a well-recognised authority on the subject of e-business with articles and marketing insights appearing frequently in national and international print and broadcast media including Business Week, Computer World, CNBC, CNN, ABC, NPR and Radio Wall Street. Koulopoulos is one of the industries most sought after speakers; his lectures take him around the world 150 days out of the year. His hallmark is an engaging, high-energy presentation that is carefully tuned for each audience to go beyond technology buzzwords offering insights that are personalised, entertaining and memorable.

Today, an unprecedented amount of capital fuels higher levels of innovation and entrepreneurism. This is the setting of the new exchange economy. Koulopoulos writes about the new rules of the new economy--how it opens markets, accelerates innovation, increases efficiency, and creates demand-driven communities of trade.

Chapter 1 The X-Economy Chapter 2 Rule 1: The X-Economy is driven by demand chain not supply chain Chaper 3 Rule 2: The X-Economy is a community, not a market Chapter 4 Rule 3: The X-Economy is built on trust not transactions Chapter 5 Rule 4: The X-Economy is personalised Chapter 6 Rule 5: The X-Economy is instantaneous, get used to it