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Strategy, Structure, and Performance of IT Services Firms

Author : François Jean-Marie De Laigue
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Strategy, Structure, and Performance of IT Services Firms written by François Jean-Marie De Laigue and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sales of services are becoming a major source of revenues across industries. The shift towards services has been exacerbated as human capital has gained in importance in the "knowledge economy." And yet, products businesses have historically attracted, and are still attracting, most of the attention of managers and scholars. Centering on the information technology services industry, this thesis analyzes the strategy, structure, and performance of services firms. We analyze the information technology services industry and propose a framework to determine the drivers of performance of information technology services firms. The framework is applied to a database of 831 information technology services firms from 1990 to 2004. Chapter II provides an insight into the dynamics of the information technology industry. Chapter III then focuses on the specificities, characteristics and structure of the information technology services firms. In Chapter IV, the business model of services firms is contrasted with that of products firms. Inter-relations between the two business models are proposed. Chapter V introduces a strategic management framework and applies it to the definition of drivers of performance of IT services firms, which are analyzed in Chapter VI, and contrasted with those of software firms.

Strategy, Structure, and Performance of MNCs in China

Author : Yadong Luo
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313004684
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Book Synopsis Strategy, Structure, and Performance of MNCs in China by : Yadong Luo

Download or read book Strategy, Structure, and Performance of MNCs in China written by Yadong Luo and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2000-11-30 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China is the largest emerging market in the world, yet Western MNCs have invested significantly less there than their Asian MNC counterparts. Luo systematically compares Western and Asian investment strategies and their performance in China and draws lessons that Westerners must heed. He compares Western and Asian MNCs on their respective economic rationales, cultural proximity, strategy behavior, investment structure, business determinants, and performance differences. He also reviews foreign direct investment in China over two decades, outlines the economic environment facing MNCs today, delineates new policies that affect foreign investment and operations, and discusses China's entry into the World Trade Organization and the impact this will have on MNCs everywhere. The result is a needed contribution to the literature on international investment and the China market, particularly for upper level executives, analysts studying emerging markets, and scholars specializing in international business and expansion. In Part I, Luo reviews the experience of MNCs in China and the opportunities and challenges, today and in coming years. In Part II he looks at the strategy, structure, and performances of Western and Asian MNCs. He assesses and compares strategic and structural behaviors of these two groups of MNCs, then deciphers and compares the differences in distinctive capabilities and their performance implications. In other chapters he examines and compares financial performance and its business determinants—thus giving executives of Western MNCs a way to verify the effectiveness of their own investment and operating strategies and to reconfigure them, if necessary, to include environmental dynamics and organizational capabilities. In addition to mini-cases throughout the book, there is an appendix consisting of six major case studies, detailing the experiences and successes of six Asian MNCs in China, offering a seldom seen glimpse of how the West's Asian competitors accomplish their own goals, and why the challenges they present to the West are so formidable.

Strategy, Structure and Performance in a Transition Economy

Author : Tobias Weigl
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3835055623
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (35 download)

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Book Synopsis Strategy, Structure and Performance in a Transition Economy by : Tobias Weigl

Download or read book Strategy, Structure and Performance in a Transition Economy written by Tobias Weigl and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-08-26 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the results of 177 survey responses, Tobias Weigl shows that the simple transfer of managerial and organizational skills, techniques, values and culture from developed countries to Russia is a false assumption among academics and practitioners.

Ten Years to Midnight

Author : Blair H. Sheppard
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1523088761
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Book Synopsis Ten Years to Midnight by : Blair H. Sheppard

Download or read book Ten Years to Midnight written by Blair H. Sheppard and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Shows how humans have brought us to the brink and how humanity can find solutions. I urge people to read with humility and the daring to act.” —Harpal Singh, former Chair, Save the Children, India, and former Vice Chair, Save the Children International In conversations with people all over the world, from government officials and business leaders to taxi drivers and schoolteachers, Blair Sheppard, global leader for strategy and leadership at PwC, discovered they all had surprisingly similar concerns. In this prescient and pragmatic book, he and his team sum up these concerns in what they call the ADAPT framework: Asymmetry of wealth; Disruption wrought by the unexpected and often problematic consequences of technology; Age disparities--stresses caused by very young or very old populations in developed and emerging countries; Polarization as a symptom of the breakdown in global and national consensus; and loss of Trust in the institutions that underpin and stabilize society. These concerns are in turn precipitating four crises: a crisis of prosperity, a crisis of technology, a crisis of institutional legitimacy, and a crisis of leadership. Sheppard and his team analyze the complex roots of these crises--but they also offer solutions, albeit often seemingly counterintuitive ones. For example, in an era of globalization, we need to place a much greater emphasis on developing self-sustaining local economies. And as technology permeates our lives, we need computer scientists and engineers conversant with sociology and psychology and poets who can code. The authors argue persuasively that we have only a decade to make headway on these problems. But if we tackle them now, thoughtfully, imaginatively, creatively, and energetically, in ten years we could be looking at a dawn instead of darkness.

Fit for Growth

Author : Vinay Couto
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119268532
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book Fit for Growth written by Vinay Couto and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical approach to business transformation Fit for Growth* is a unique approach to business transformation that explicitly connects growth strategy with cost management and organization restructuring. Drawing on 70-plus years of strategy consulting experience and in-depth research, the experts at PwC’s Strategy& lay out a winning framework that helps CEOs and senior executives transform their organizations for sustainable, profitable growth. This approach gives structure to strategy while promoting lasting change. Examples from Strategy&’s hundreds of clients illustrate successful transformation on the ground, and illuminate how senior and middle managers are able to take ownership and even thrive during difficult periods of transition. Throughout the Fit for Growth process, the focus is on maintaining consistent high-value performance while enabling fundamental change. Strategy& has helped major clients around the globe achieve significant and sustained results with its research-backed approach to restructuring and cost reduction. This book provides practical guidance for leveraging that expertise to make the choices that allow companies to: Achieve growth while reducing costs Manage transformation and transition productively Create lasting competitive advantage Deliver reliable, high-value performance Sustainable success is founded on efficiency and high performance. Companies are always looking to do more with less, but their efforts often work against them in the long run. Total business transformation requires total buy-in, and it entails a series of decisions that must not be made lightly. The Fit for Growth approach provides a clear strategy and practical framework for growth-oriented change, with expert guidance on getting it right. *Fit for Growth is a registered service mark of PwC Strategy& Inc. in the United States

Aligning Information Technology, Organization, and Strategy

Author : Ferdinand Mahr
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3834989401
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Aligning Information Technology, Organization, and Strategy written by Ferdinand Mahr and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-12-06 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ferdinand Mahr develops an integrative theoretical model of IT complements such as organizational structure, human resource management, and corporate strategy. He conducts two empirical analyses of the complementarities between IT, organization, and strategy.

Task, Firm Size, and 0rganizational Structure in Management Consulting

Author : Michael Graubner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3835093363
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (35 download)

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Book Synopsis Task, Firm Size, and 0rganizational Structure in Management Consulting by : Michael Graubner

Download or read book Task, Firm Size, and 0rganizational Structure in Management Consulting written by Michael Graubner and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-11-06 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Graubner investigates consultancies' organizational structure in terms of structural differentiation, specialization, centralization, and formalization. He analyzes extensive qualitative and quantitative data obtained during a series of personal interviews in consulting firms with offices in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The results show that organizational size and to a lesser degree task uncertainty are closely associated with organizational structure.

Strategic Change

Author : Colin A. Carnall
Publisher : Digital Press
ISBN 13 : 9780750619325
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (193 download)

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Download or read book Strategic Change written by Colin A. Carnall and published by Digital Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing major or strategic change now demands the ability to visualise the future, to see what might happen, and to estimate how the organization might respond. Through a selection of key articles on strategic change from authors such as Senge, Handy, Argyris and Prahalad and Doz, Carnall examines how we can understand the process of change and how we can use this knowledge to create the future. These articles look at: *networked organizations *market induced changes for internal and external markets *culture change *learning organization *globalisation This book also includes new material on how to create programmes of change to maximise learning as well as topical approaches such as process re-engineering, time-based management and corporate bench-marking. Students on MBA and other post-graduate business courses, and practitioners in the field of strategic change will find this book essential reading. Colin Carnall is Professor of Management Studies and Director of Programmes at Henley Management College. Top-flight editor from one of the best British Business Schools Includes articles from leading authors -Senge, Handy, Argyris and Prahalad and Doz to name a few Includes new material on how to create programmes of change to maximise learning

Strategy, Organization and Performance Management

Author : Soeren Dressler
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781581125320
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (253 download)

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Download or read book Strategy, Organization and Performance Management written by Soeren Dressler and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designing effective organizations is a key challenge for companies in particular in the fast-moving business world of today. The late 1990s and early 2000s have seen multiple Organization Management innovations applied successfully such as Business Process Outsourcing, Shared Services and Offshoring. Advanced techniques such as Balanced Scorecards and integrated Planning Systems have become effective enablers for strategy execution. This book spans a framework from strategy definition and designing strategy-compliant organizations to monitoring effective implementation and Performance Management. On this journey basic principles of Organization Management are discussed in detail and at the same time state-of-the-art Best Practices are highlighted. A set of to-the-point case studies demonstrate how leading-edge companies make effective use of the concepts discussed. The approach of the book is of great use for both: students underway to become Organization Management practioners and experienced business experts in search of the latest thinking and tools to enhance Organizational Effectiveness - and everybody in between. Instant access to electronic ebook edition available. Click on Diesel eBooks logo to the left.

Quality Management for IT Services: Perspectives on Business and Process Performance

Author : Praeg, Claus-Peter
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1616928913
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (169 download)

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Book Synopsis Quality Management for IT Services: Perspectives on Business and Process Performance by : Praeg, Claus-Peter

Download or read book Quality Management for IT Services: Perspectives on Business and Process Performance written by Praeg, Claus-Peter and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book gives both scientists and practical experts an insight into the many different facets of IT service quality management"--Provided by publisher.

IT Governance to Drive High Performance

Author : Robert E. Kress
Publisher : IT Governance Ltd
ISBN 13 : 184928038X
Total Pages : 47 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (492 download)

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Download or read book IT Governance to Drive High Performance written by Robert E. Kress and published by IT Governance Ltd. This book was released on 2010 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will show you the state-of-the-art IT governance model that was developed by the largest consulting firm in the world! This pocket guide provides you with an insider's detailed description of Accenture's IT governance policy and details its governance structure. It will show how effective IT governance links IT strategy and IT decisions to Accenture's business strategy and business priorities. Following the best practices approach set out in this pocket guide will serve as an excellent starting point for any organisation with ambitions to achieve high performance. Benefits to business include: Boost productivity How hard do you work in other areas of your business to cut costs and improve efficiency? In testing economic times, is the absence of a clear strategy for your business's IT governance still a realistic option? Learning from Accenture's proven approach will enable you to increase your organisation's competitiveness over the longer term. Coordinate your operations To ensure effective decision-making and align your IT function with your broader business goals, you need to make the structure of your IT governance fit your overall corporate governance structure. That way, you can make your IT work for your business. Manage change effectively IT is crucial for realising the changes you want your business to make. For this reason, you cannot afford to have these changes treated merely as IT projects that have been foisted on the company by the IT department. By bringing top management on board, and giving business leaders a formal role in the IT governance of your organisation, you will make the success of any project with an IT component much more likely. Keep a grip on budgets The costs of IT projects are notoriously prone to overrun, while some IT development programmes have promised more than they ever delivered. The Accenture way of doing business is different. Following the Accenture approach means ensuring that your IT investment is backed by a solid business case, and measuring the return on investment following project completion. High performance Chief executives now put high performance IT among their top strategic objectives. So, if you are looking to improve IT governance in your own organisation, finding out what Robert E. Kress has to say is as good a starting point as any. This book will show you his company's best practice approach to the subject. Whatever business you are in, there is nearly always a clear link b...

The Thinking Strategist

Author : Vickie Cox Edmondson
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1803825618
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book The Thinking Strategist written by Vickie Cox Edmondson and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08-05 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Thinking Strategist promotes the strategic management process as a way to identify, explore and solve problems. It provides useful advice and practical tools to strengthen decision making and problem solving skills to accomplish organizational goals, exceed objectives, and to get top management and key stakeholder support.

Organizational Strategy, Structure, and Process

Author : Raymond E. Miles
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804767173
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Organizational Strategy, Structure, and Process written by Raymond E. Miles and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2003-03-26 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Books and articles come and go, endlessly. But a few do stick, and this book is such a one. Organizational Strategy, Structure, and Process broke fresh ground in the understanding of strategy at a time when thinking about strategy was still in its early days, and it has not been displaced since." —David J. Hickson, Emeritus Professor of International Management & Organization, University of Bradford School of Management Originally published in 1978, Organizational Strategy, Structure, and Process became an instant classic, as it bridged the formerly separate fields of strategic management and organizational behavior. In this Stanford Business Classics reissue, noted strategy scholar Donald Hambrick provides a new introduction that describes the book's contribution to the field of organization studies. Miles and Snow also contribute new introductory material to update the book's central concepts and themes. Organizational Strategy, Structure, and Process focuses on how organizations adapt to their environments. The book introduced a theoretical framework composed of a dynamic adaptive cycle and an empirically based strategy typology showing four different types of adaptation. This framework helped to define subsequent research by other scholars on important topics such as configurational analysis, organizational fit, strategic human resource management, and multi-firm network organizations.

Networked, Scaled, and Agile

Author : Amy Kates
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1789667801
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (896 download)

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Download or read book Networked, Scaled, and Agile written by Amy Kates and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2021-03-03 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While technology and geopolitical forces change the face of business today, the patterns and challenges of organizing humans to work together across organization, culture, language and time zone boundaries remain. To face these challenges, all organizations need to be agile, networked and scalable. Networked, Scaled, and Agile reveals how to shape organizations that will enable people to make faster and better decisions in a more complex world. By outlining the tension between the need for agility/differentiation and scale/integration, the book offers a new way to think about this debate using the models of the Tower (vertical integration) and the Square (horizontal integration). It addresses the role of the leadership team and how the organization design process can build C-suite leaders and successors. Each chapter concludes with a series of reflection questions for leaders as well as a summary of key concepts and tips. Including case studies from global organizations, Networked, Scaled, and Agile reveals how organization design can address three of the biggest business challenges organizations face today: how to build a new capability across the entire enterprise; how to make the entire organization more customer-centric; and how to allow for faster innovation.

Strategy That Works

Author : Paul Leinwand
Publisher : Harvard Business Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1625275218
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Strategy That Works written by Paul Leinwand and published by Harvard Business Review Press. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to close the gap between strategy and execution Two-thirds of executives say their organizations don’t have the capabilities to support their strategy. In Strategy That Works, Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi explain why. They identify conventional business practices that unintentionally create a gap between strategy and execution. And they show how some of the best companies in the world consistently leap ahead of their competitors. Based on new research, the authors reveal five practices for connecting strategy and execution used by highly successful enterprises such as IKEA, Natura, Danaher, Haier, and Lego. These companies: • Commit to what they do best instead of chasing multiple opportunities • Build their own unique winning capabilities instead of copying others • Put their culture to work instead of struggling to change it • Invest where it matters instead of going lean across the board • Shape the future instead of reacting to it Packed with tools you can use for building these five practices into your organization and supported by in-depth profiles of companies that are known for making their strategy work, this is your guide for reconnecting strategy to execution.

Managing The Professional Service Firm

Author : David H. Maister
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1471109658
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book Managing The Professional Service Firm written by David H. Maister and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professional service firms differ from other business enterprises in two distinct ways: first they provide highly customised services thus cannot apply many of the management principles developed for product-based industries. Second, professional services are highly personalised, involving the skills of individuals. Such firms must therefore compete not only for clients but also for talented professionals. Drawing on more than ten years of research and consulting to these unique and creative companies, David Maister explores issues ranging from marketing and business development to multinational strategies, human resources policies to profit improvement, strategic planning to effective leadership. While these issues can be complex, Maister simplifies them by recognising that 'every professional service firm in the world, regardless of size, specific profession, or country of operation, has the same mission statement: outstanding service to clients, satisfying careers for its people and financial success for its owners.'

Corporate Information Strategy and Management: The Challenges of Managing in a Network Economy (Paperback version)

Author : Lynda Applegate
Publisher : McGraw-Hill/Irwin
ISBN 13 : 9780072456653
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (566 download)

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Download or read book Corporate Information Strategy and Management: The Challenges of Managing in a Network Economy (Paperback version) written by Lynda Applegate and published by McGraw-Hill/Irwin. This book was released on 2002-11-05 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corporate Information Strategy and Management: The Challenges of Managing in the Internet Age, 6/E is written for students and managers who desire an overview of contemporary information systems technology (IT) management. It explains the relevant issues of effective management of information services activities and highlights the areas of greatest potential application of the technology. No assumptions are made concerning the reader’s experience with IT, but it is assumed that the reader has some course work or work experience in administration or management. It is a paperback derivative product that contains the same text portion found in Corporate Information Strategy and Management: Text and Cases, 6/e, but without the Harvard cases.