leapfrog | web solutions

We provide design and development services for web sites and social online applications.

We are commited to innovation & development by the use of open source tecnologies.

We use drupal, a flexible open source content management system (CMS).

Leapfrogging

Leapfrogging describes the rapid change made by a company or any kind of organization to a higher level of development.

"Leapfrogging is the notion that areas which have poorly-developed technology or economic bases can move themselves forward rapidly through the adoption of modern systems without going through intermediary steps."
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"The concept of leapfrogging was originally used in the context of economic growth theories and industrial-organization innovation studies with specific focus on competition among firms. It is based on Joseph Schumpeter's notion of ‘gales of creative destruction’. The hypothesis proposes that companies holding monopolies based on incumbent technologies have less incentive to innovate than potential rivals, and therefore they eventually lose their technological leadership role when new radical technological innovations are adopted by new firms which are ready to take the risks. When the radical innovations eventually become the new technological paradigm, the newcomer companies leapfrog ahead of former leading firms."
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Information architecture (IA)

"IA is the art of expressing a model or concept of information used in activities that require explicit details of complex systems. [...] Most definitions have common qualities: a structural design of shared environments, methods of organizing and labeling websites, intranets, and online communities, and ways of bringing the principles of design and architecture to the digital landscape."
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Web 2.0: Empowering the user

Web 2.0 refers to the web’s transition from individual web sites to platforms & collaborative environments. This development opens up many service creation possibilities to deliver and empower new collective media communications between users. "Empowerment refers to increasing the spiritual, political, social or economic strength of individuals and communities. It often involves the empowered developing confidence in their own capacities."
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