Let Go to Grow

Escaping the Commodity Trap

Linda S. Sanford, Dave Taylor

204 pages, parution le 12/01/2006

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Deregulation, globalization, and the Internet are driving rampant commoditization in virtually every industry. To escape that trap and grow profitably, you must "let go" of traditional control mechanisms. In their place, you must build new models, relationships, and platforms that capture and deliver value from multiple sources, inside and outside the enterprise.

In Let Go To Grow, IBM senior executive Linda Sanford and long-time entrepreneur Dave Taylor show exactly how to do that.

Sanford and Taylor systematically review the On Demand Business processes, people strategies, technology shifts, governance practices, and leadership vision you'll need to maximize profitability in tomorrow's business environment. They introduce powerful new techniques for balancing and measuring three key drivers of top-line growth: productivity, collaboration, and innovation.

You'll discover how to gain unprecedented flexibility by constructing your business around components, platforms, and standardized interfaces. The authors demonstrate how to expand your growth space, liberate your cost structures, and build profits-not just revenues. Drawing on the experiences of companies ranging from GE to eBay, Toyota to IBM, this book focuses on practical implementation, offering a proven, start-to-finish approach for moving from vision to results.

Create a virtuous cycle of growth. Discover how great companies are escaping commoditization and the vagaries of economic cycles.
Improve, balance, and measure the key drivers of top-line growth. Use on demand techniques to supercharge productivity, collaboration, and innovation.
Drive unprecedented agility with proven on demand strategies. "Open up" your firm: source and coordinate capabilities dynamically, on-the-fly.
Build flexible "value webs" that liberate your cost structures. Master powerful new ways to refocus precious resources on growth.
"Componentize" your business functions, processes, and services. Simplify the creation of any new business configuration, from supply chain management to customer service.

L'auteur - Dave Taylor

Dave Taylor has been involved with the Internet since 1980 and is widely recognized as an expert on both technical and business issues. He has been published over a thousand times, launched four Internet-related startup companies, has written 19 business and technical books, and holds both an MBA and MS Ed.

Dave maintains three weblogs: The Intuitive Life Business Blog, focused on business and industry analysis; the eponymously named Ask Dave Taylor, devoted to tech and business Q&A; and The Attachment Parenting Blog, discussing topics of interest to parents. Dave is a top-rated speaker, sought-after conference and workshop facilitator, and frequent guest on radio and podcast programs.

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Grow To Build Profits, Not Just Revenues
Commodity Markets Defined
It's ALL About Components
Creating Business Components
Integrate Your Business Components End-to-End
Expand Your Growth Space
Liberate Your Cost Structures
From Vision to Results: The Leadership Agenda
Achieving Measurable Productivity Improvements
Practical Implementation of the Component Business Model
Gaining the Collaboration Edge: Building the Creative Company for the Creative Economy

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Éditeur(s)	Prentice Hall
Auteur(s)	Linda S. Sanford, Dave Taylor
Parution	12/01/2006
Nb. de pages	204
Format	16 x 23,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	490g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780131482081
ISBN13	978-0-13-148208-1