2020 Vision: Transform Your Business Today to Succeed in Tomorrow's Economy - Hardcover

David, Stanley M.; Davidson, William H.; Davis, Stanley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 071265089X ISBN 13: 9780712650892

Publisher: Random House Business Books, 1991

Synopsis

This book takes a revolutionary look at the transformation over the next 30 years by developments in information technology and biotechnology. The only companies to survive and succeed into the 21st century are those that grasp these new technologies and use them to restructure their whole attitude to business. The authors argue that we are now in the Information Age - which has succeeded the Industrial Age, and that around the year 2020, will itself give way to the Age of Biotechnology. The authors argue that information is the core technology in today's economy, and that to survive all businesses must use the processes and techniques of information usage. The authors of this book use the example of sports teams as a form of mature businesses that have spawned a new generation of informationalized businesses and whose economic value outstrips that of the original sports. Teams are managed more like multi-billion dollar entertainment business, in which the sports team is the small core around which more larger information businesses are wrapped. This book shows how to find the information "turbo-charger" within your business in order to gain and sustain a long term competitive advantage. It outlines management and organizational techniques to revitalize companies, using numerous examples and illustrations. S.David is the author of "Future Perfect" and W.Davidson is the author of "Managing the Global Corporation" and "The Amazing Race - Winning the Technorivalry with Japan".

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About the Author

Stan Davis is a distinguished public speaker, author, and business adviser, most known for his creative thinking and mind-stretching perspectives. His 2020 Vision was named Fortune magazine's Best Management Book of 1991 ("the most mind-bending of the bunch") and his influential work Future Perfect received Tom Peters' "Book of the Decade" Award in 1989. This is what led Federal Express, in 1993, to grant him their first "Visionary of the Year Award." His eight books appear in fifteen languages and he addresses audiences throughout the world. Dr. Davis consults about the strategy, technology, management, and organization of both major corporations and fast-growing enterprises. He taught for two decades at the Harvard Business School, and Columbia and Boston universities. He lives and works in Chestnut Hill, Boston, Massachusetts.

Edition details

• Publisher: Random House Business Books
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 071265089X
• ISBN 13: 9780712650892
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224