IT-Driven Business Models: Global Case Studies in Transformation - Hardcover

Kagermann, Henning; Osterle, Hubert; Jordan, John M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470610697 ISBN 13: 9780470610695

Publisher: Wiley, 2010

Synopsis

* This book shows organizations how business model innovation should be a key focus area in today's global economy.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

IT-DRIVEN BUSINESS MODELS

Global Case Studies in Transformation

In a global environment driven by technological development, companies built to take advantage of new technology solutions and architectures have a competitive advantage over traditional models. Moving forward, IT-driven innovation will not only continue to enhance customer value and enterprise value, but that same mode of innovation will matter more and more for larger entities as well. IT-Driven Business Models presents how companies around the globe are transforming their business models with tremendous results and explains how to start the process.

Featuring cases from businesses around the globe that have developed their own business models to achieve high levels of performance, this revolutionary book draws from interviews with key executives, revealing IT secrets from well-known innovation leaders such as ABB, IKEA, Apple, Tata, Sharp, Saudi Aramco, De Beers, Telefónica, Valero Energy, LEGO, and Procter & Gamble. Through these extraordinary studies, the book explores how technology drives and enables changes to the fundamental facets of business.

Whether you're a CIO, a CEO, an executive, a IT manager, or a consultant, this important and timely book makes it clear: business model innovation will take you beyond traditional business models to take better advantage of emerging opportunities. Discover the key to innovation with the world-class guidance found in IT-Driven Business Models.

About the Author:

DR. HENNING KAGERMANN is the former CEO of SAP AG, the world's largest provider of enterprise software, where he served as CEO from 1998 until 2009. He currently serves as president of acatech, the German Academy of Science and Engineering. DR. HUBERT OSTERLE is Director of the Institute of Information Management at the University of St. Gallen. He is involved in teaching and research in the areas of business models for the information age and business engineering. JOHN M. JORDAN is a clinical professor in the Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems at the Smeal College of Business, Penn State University, where he teaches IT strategy to undergraduates, MBAs, and executives. His research focuses on emerging technologies and their impact on business strategy, design, and practice.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0470610697
• ISBN 13: 9780470610695
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240