The Death of "e" and the Birth of the Real New Economy : Business Models, Technologies and Strategies for the 21st Century [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Peter Fingar (Author), Bryan Maizlish (Author), Ronald Aronica (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 13, 2001

Peter Fingar, author of the internationally acclaimed book, "Enterprise E-Commerce," joins forces with long time colleagues and industry veterans to go beyond e-commerce and on to the solid business fundamentals of the digital economy. The Internet is a whole new infrastructure for an entirely new way of doing business and competing. Economic transactions become frictionless as they move from "places" to "spaces." The crisp and insightful chapters make quick reads for CEOs, COOs, CTOs, CIOs, and line-of-business executives with little time for reading --distilling what management needs to be doing and thinking today to prepare themselves and their companies for the ride ahead.

Now that doing business on the Internet is reaching the mainstream, it's no longer e-business or e-commerce --it's just business and commerce. The authors take the mystery out of the deep and profound changes being ushered in by the ability to connect anyone-to-anyone or any computer-to-any-computer across the globe in real-time. The book signals the death of the e-hype and the beginning of the real work of building hyper-efficient, hyper-effective corporations that will continue to thrive in the years ahead.

The book systematically disassembles an enterprise's business processes, core competencies, and value chains; then reassembles them into dynamic customer-driven value webs and business ecosystems. Along the way, the authors explain the emerging business models of electronic marketplaces, peer-to-peer commerce, e-hubs, B2B exchanges, auctions, wireless applications, m-commerce, intelligent agent technology, B2B consortia, collaborative commerce, digital strategies, essential technologies and Web-services.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...a must-read for all of us." -- Tony Rizzo, Editor In Chief, Internet World, June 1, 2001

"...the first clear expression of how to leverage existing information assets and the Internet into real return on investment." -- Dr. Richard Soley, Chairman and CEO, The Object Management Group (OMG)

"The Death of e is unquestionably the birth of a new understanding of where the real new economy is headed." -- John Seely Brown, Former Director, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center(PARC)

...will influence management thinking in the decade ahead as Hammer and Champy's, "Reengineering the Corporation," did in the last decade. -- James E. McClafferty, Vice President, E-Business, Allmerica Financial

The "Death of e" provides fascinating insight into what lies ahead ... -- Dave Hollander, Co-Inventor of XML; Co-Chair, W3C XML and Schema; Chief Technical Officer, Contivo, Inc.

Truly a remarkable synthesis of current management thinking and e-business trends. A required read for anybody involved in supply-chain management. -- Dr. Vinod Singhal, Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology; Co-author,

From the Publisher

Rather than throwing out the established fundamentals of business (the rules of the so called "old economy"), the book builds on and extends the recognized work of the thought leaders that have shaped today's business world: Michael Porter's value chain analysis, Hammer and Champy's business process reengineering, Hamel and Prahalad's industry reinvention, Rummler and Braches's management of the white space on the organization chart, Kaplan and Norton's balanced scorecard, Peter Drucker's management wisdom, Tom Davenport's business process innovation, and Edwards Deming's quality management.

The book provides the "business aha's" GE's legendary CEO Jack Welch got after being introduced to the Internet by his wife, Jane. The book is dedicated to Jane Welch, First Lady of the Real New Economy. Welch launched his "Destroy your business.com before some upstart in a Silicon Valley garage does!" campaign in 1999 and challenged all of GE's line-of-business executives to "Grow your business.com" by reinventing every aspect --buy, make and sell-- of their business units. Welch "got it," realizing that the Internet is about business transformation, not a Web site.

The Death of "e" is a book within a book. Part one provides a clear and insightful high-level view for busy executives, while part two presents the best of the industry thought leaders' analyses of the key issues facing digital commerce: B2B integration, visibility across value chains, collaborative commerce, adaptive marketplaces and intelligent support.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 360 pages
• Publisher: Meghan Kiffer Pr; 1st edition (May 13, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0929652207
• ISBN-13: 978-0929652207
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,997,802 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

PETER FINGAR is an internationally recognized expert on business process management and business strategy. He is a former CIO and practitioner with over thirty years of hands-on experience at the intersection of business and technology.

Peter has taught graduate computing studies and has held management, technical and advisory positions with GTE Data Services, American Software and Computer Services, Saudi Aramco, EC Cubed, the Technical Resource Connection division of Perot Systems and IBM Global Services.

In addition to numerous articles and professional papers, he is an author of nine best-selling books including the just released Dot Cloud: The 21st Century Business Platform Based on Cloud Computing. Peter has delivered keynote talks and papers to professional conferences across the globe. www.peterfingar.com

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WHERE WE'VE BEEN, but more importantly WHERE WE ARE GOING!, August 19, 2001

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"gmpalgon" (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Death of "e" and the Birth of the Real New Economy : Business Models, Technologies and Strategies for the 21st Century (Hardcover)

This book covers what assumptions were wrong in the dot-com economy and refocuses on the realities of business in the technological, digital-savy economy. It covers all of the P2Ps: Powerpoint-to-Production, Path-to-Profitability, and finally, Peer-to-Peer technologies among others.

Explained are the educational takeaways from historical, leading edge developments of e-commerce, e-procurement and electronic marketplaces and how they can be applied based on the realized importance of extended business relationships. This book then addresses the appication of the newest developments, including peer-to-peer, collaborative commerce, and B2B integration within the supply chain in the currently developing (Real New) digital economy.

This book is recommended reading as it clearly details the digital past and provokes thought on how to continue to execute using new technologies within business today.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Impressive work on business Internet technology, January 2, 2003

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This review is from: The Death of "e" and the Birth of the Real New Economy : Business Models, Technologies and Strategies for the 21st Century (Hardcover)

The first half of this book is written by the listed authors, followed by six essays by thought leaders on peer-to-peer commerce, collaborative commerce, portals, adaptive strategies for B2B marketplaces, B2B integration, and visibility in the extended supply chain. Fingar and Aronica have done a commendable job of examining and explaining the changes to business models brought by information technology. The authors tell the reader what they think was wrong with the dot-com economy and what needs to be done to succeed in the high-tech economy in which the major risk is not getting Amazoned so much as getting "GE'ed". The book straightforwardly delves into the business model implications of electronic marketplaces, peer-to-peer commerce, B2B exchanges, e-hubs, e-services, component-based architectures, m-commerce, collaborative commerce, value chain optimization, and more. The authors agree with a growing number of others, including re-engineering gurus Hammer and Champy, that the key to success now lies in extended business relationships. The book does an excellent job of looking at the new generation of Internet technologies need to enable new business models and processes. You do not need to be highly technically inclined to follow this discussion which helps business leaders understand what they need to do to power ahead in the real innovation economy. One strength of the book is reflected in the subtitle which shows that the authors are concerned not with technology alone but with how it fits together with new technologies and new business models.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Peer-to-peer commerce, e-hubs, B2B exchanges, auctions, more, October 11, 2001

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Death of "e" and the Birth of the Real New Economy : Business Models, Technologies and Strategies for the 21st Century (Hardcover)

Doing business on the Internet is now a mainstream phenomena ranging from novice online entrepreneurs to established multinational conglomerates. In The Death Of "e" And the Birth Of The Real New Economy, Peter Fingar and Ronald Aronic effectively collaborate to survey and explain the rapid and fundamental changes affecting how individuals and companies are doing business in this age of the computer whether the transactions are across town or on the other side of the world. The authors explain the emerging business models of the electronic marketplace, peer-to-peer commerce, e-hubs, B2B exchanges, auctions, wireless applications, m-commerce, intelligent agent technology, collaborative commerce, digital strategies, and more. The Death Of "e" And the Birth Of The Real New Economy is very highly recommended, essential reading for corporate executives, economists, business managers, and anyone with an interest in how the Internet is impacting upon local, regional, national, and international economies and business practices.