The new technology elite how great companies optimize both technology consumption and production
How-to guidance for optimizing incumbent technologies to deliver a better product and gain competitive advantage Their zip codes are far from Silicon Valley. Their SIC codes show retail, automobile or banking. But industry after industry is waking up to the opportunity of ""smart"&quo...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
Wiley
2012.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628284306719 |
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- The New Technology Elite : How Great Companies Optimize Both Technology Consumption and Production; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I The Convergence of Technology Production and Consumption; Chapter 1 The New Monday Morning Quarterback; Case Study: UPS-That's Technology "Amore"; Chapter 2 The "Industrialization" of Technology; Case Study: HP-The Quest for a "10 Out of 10" Supply Chain; Chapter 3 From Amazon to Zipcar: No Industry Untouched; Case Study: Roosevelt-Innovation Island; Chapter 4 Australia to Zanzibar: No Country for Old Products
- Case Study: Estonia's "Tiigrih ̈upe"-Tiger LeapChapter 5 Convergence, Crossover, and Beyond; Guest Columns: Crossover Executive Perspectives; Perspective 1: Tony Scott (CIO, Microsoft); Perspective 2: Vijay Ravindran (Chief Digital Officer, The Washington Post Co.); Part II Key Attributes for the New Technology Elite: Three Es, Three Ms, Three Ps, and Three Ss; Chapter 6 Elegant: In a World of Flashing 12s; Case Study: Virgin America-Redefining Elegance in Flying; Chapter 7 Exponential: Leveraging Ecosystems; Case Study: RIM's Evolving Ecosystem
- Chapter 8 Efficient: Amid Massive Technology WasteCase Study: Facebook's Hyperefficient Data Center; Chapter 9 Mobile: If It's Tuesday, It Must Be Xiamen; Case Study: The Boeing 787 and HCL Technologies; Chapter 10 Maverick: No Rules. Just Right.; Case Study: Apple-A Thousand "Nos" and Ten Gutsy "Yeses"; Chapter 11 Malleable: Business Model Innovation; Case Study: Valence Health; Chapter 12 Physical: Why Test Driving Is Still Important Even in a Digital World; Case Study: Taubman Shopping Centers; Chapter 13 Paranoid: But Not Paralyzed; Case Study: Wireless Aerial Surveillance Platform
- Chapter 14 Pragmatic: When Attorneys Influence Technology Even More than EngineersGuest Column: Legal Considerations in Technology Product Launches-Benjamin Kern; Chapter 15 Speedy: In a New Era of Perishability; Case Study: Corning-The Gorilla® Glass Rocket Ride; Chapter 16 Social: Amid Chatty Humans and Things; Case Study: Lexmark Genesis-A Printer for Our Social Times; Chapter 17 Sustainable: Mining the Green Gold; Case Study: Google's Green Initiatives; Part III Outside Influences on the Technology Elite; Chapter 18 Making Regulators More Tech-Elite; Case Study: 3M's "Periodic Table"
- Chapter 19 Society's Changing View of TechnologyGuest Column: Smart Products Consumers Can Trust-Professor Mary Cronin; Chapter 20 Market Analysts Morphing; Case Study: Amazon 2010 Shareholder Letter; Endgame: "Welcome to the NFL"; Notes; About the Author; Index
