Irresistible! Markets, Models, and Meta-Value in Consumer Electronics

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

About the Editors

1   Irresistible Electronics, Turbulent Times

George Bailey, Hagen Wenzek

The Three M’s

Meta-Value: Gaining Far More than a Sum of Parts

Models: Optimizing the CE Business Model

Markets by Geography: Capturing the BRICs

Conclusion

2   The New Role of Technology and Services in Next-Generation Businesses

Nancy M. Forbes

Four Significant Trends

What the Trends Mean to a Consumer Electronics Company

Conclusion

3   The Consumer’s Internet—Thin Clients & Fat Hosts for Everyone

Stephen J. Andriole, Charles B. Whinney, IV

The Long Arm of the Web

How the World Will Work

Thin Is Good

Conclusion

4   The Smart Home: Coming to Your House Soon, but Not Too Soon

Ralf Baral, Christian Schiller, ...