Digital Visualization Links

What are the best practices/existing literature that helps in visualizing complex data?

Business Week's Digital Visualization Heroes
IBM Many Eyes

Other Links Include

Nick Bilton

Visual Complexity

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Business 2.0 Tracks New Disrupter Companies

Business 2.0 is tracking a list of new Disruptors which could give a good idea of the types of innovations happening in Technology sector. The link is: New Disrupters

The Long Tail

Two books that were insightful are:

The Long Tail

The global economies of scale created by Long tail is enabling companies to serve niche customers and the bottom of the pyramid in a cost effective manner

What went wrong with Subprime Lending from Macro / Financial Economics standpoint

Economist provides a summary of issues/challenges and potential outcomes of sub prime lending in their articles:

What went wrong with economics And how the discipline should change to avoid the mistakes of the past

The other-worldly philosophers - Although the crisis has exposed bitter divisions among economists, it could still be good for economics. Our first article looks at the turmoil among macroeconomists.

The efficient-markets hypothesis has underpinned many of the financial industry’s models for years. After the crash, what remains of it?

Strategy/Marketing Management Frameworks

I have always found the following links helpful - lots of frameworks that can be leveraged while thinking about business problems

Proven Methods
Value Based Management
12Manage

IT Investment framework used in Federal Agencies

The framework used in federal agencies are: http://www.cio.gov/documents/ValueMeasuring_Methodology_HowToGuide_Oct_2002.pdf

This is very useful methodology in developing a business case for IT investments