Business Darwinism Evolve or Dissolve: Adaptive Strategies for the Information Age [Hardcover]

Eric A. Marks (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 15, 2002

The survival of the fastest

Information technology is now essential to business evolution. Companies that invest in IT as a future resource will live to see the future. The rest won't. The hard reality of the new "Information Darwinism," a term coined by author Eric Marks, is brilliantly and provocatively described in e-Darwinism, a look at the make-or-break impact of IT on accelerating the global struggle for market share. The book offers a compelling look at just how the Internet has transformed business strategy and business strategy creation, IT strategy, and manufacturing strategy for manufacturing and service firms, and made significant inroads in driving revenue enhancement and cost savings as well as reducing a firm's time to market. The book also describes how much the ability to leverage IT has become a requirement for measuring-and selecting-future leaders.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1st edition (February 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471434418
• ISBN-13: 978-0471434412
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,681,239 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thought Leadership at It's Best, March 15, 2002

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David Caperelli (Lexington, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Business Darwinism Evolve or Dissolve: Adaptive Strategies for the Information Age (Hardcover)

Compelling insight on the importance of technology-driven business strategy. The only book that addresses this approach in a completely comprehensive way, challenging business leaders to rethink their approach to strategy and change. The "flexing" of business and IT architecture is thought-provoking, dynamic, yet critical to where business needs to be in the near future.

And the "evolve or dissolve" subtitle best summarizes the nature of businesses today. I will read it again with my highlighter.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Business Enthusiast, March 4, 2002

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This review is from: Business Darwinism Evolve or Dissolve: Adaptive Strategies for the Information Age (Hardcover)

Extremely informative with an interesting appeal to the modern world of technology and how it affects Business.
This book provides an interesting and constructive overview on the implications IT strategy will have toward our next business era

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must-Read Corporate IT Primer, July 19, 2002

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Vic Marcus Muschiano (Hopkinton, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Business Darwinism Evolve or Dissolve: Adaptive Strategies for the Information Age (Hardcover)

I found "Business Darwinism" to be a no-nonsense, intelligently written evolution of information. The reading experience is educating, and at the same time, entertaining. It's a compendium of fascinating, and important events that shaped our current day information systems models. The Darwin, and other evolution analogies that the author selected, as well as the attention-grabbing timelines and events makes for an interesting read. He very nicely positions the IT importance intelligently at the center of the corporate model without overstated importance, and supports it with well-built logic as to why it works. The appeal of the book is that anyone, hanging on to any position on the corporate flagpole will find it both interesting and educational, as it helps him or her understand the core value of information at the business level, without all the technogibberish.