This work is the joint product of an academician and a business practitioner, both of whom share a concern about the inadequacy of current business models and practices. It examines the business environment and explores the underlying drivers - the "Engines of Prosperity" - that set the rules of competitive rivalry. It provides advice for managers on how to operate in a world characterized by Information Age technology, rapid change, deepening global linkages, increasing returns to sale, and the continuous unbundling of value chains.
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"This book could help and encourage that good new management thinking" -- The Journal of Product Innovation Management, 1999
"Well-presented guide on how to compete in an age in which information technology is the driving force" -- Aslib Book Guide, 1999
"Well-presented guide on how to compete in an age in which information technology is the driving force" -- Aslib Book Guide, 1999
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This book provides a provocative view.,
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This review is from: Engines of Prosperity: Templates for the Information Age (Series on Technology Management) (Hardcover)
Engines of Prosperity provides a provocative view of how the global business landscaping is changing. This terrain, once the purview of U.S. enterprises, is rapidly evolving in new directions that involve unfamiliar operation structures and principals.This work highlights how successful businesses in the next century MUST be different and how knowledge can become their lifeblood. Marvin L. Patterson, President, Innovation Resultants International, Los Altos, CA
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Finally making money in the Information Age makes sense.,
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This review is from: Engines of Prosperity: Templates for the Information Age (Series on Technology Management) (Hardcover)
"Engines of Prosperity" is a startling book. With a few punchy, key themes, it paints a whole new paradigm. Suddenly, making money in the Information Age makes sense. The book gives a new perspective that sees the forest made from the trees. Beginning with the title, it challenges the reader to ponder first the right questions, and then look for his particular answers. The given broad answers are a context for the particular answers. The actions of modern technology leaders are then analyzed, and the successes and failures seem self evident. Most satisfying is the uninterrupted transition from theory (economics), to policy (e.g. patent laws), to practice (business). The reader is engaged in a lively, readable journey across disciplines without missing a step.
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This is truly a breakthrough work,
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I like this book a lot. It is truly a breakthrough work.Not only does it show how to build prosperous businesses, it also provides guidance for improving the quality of personal life and even society. Dr. Ronald F. Ennis, President, Pathways, Portland, OR
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United States, World War, Bill Gates, Hewlett Packard, General Motors, Pacific Rim, Wall Street, Andy Grove, Silicon Valley, New York, Boston Consulting Group, Hong Kong, Peter Drucker, Bell Labs, Business Week, Eastern Europe, Michael Porter, Apple's Mac, Peter Senge, South Korea, Air Force, Charles Handy, Commerce Department, Frederick Taylor, Henry Ford New!
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United States, World War, Bill Gates, Hewlett Packard, General Motors, Pacific Rim, Wall Street, Andy Grove, Silicon Valley, New York, Boston Consulting Group, Hong Kong, Peter Drucker, Bell Labs, Business Week, Eastern Europe, Michael Porter, Apple's Mac, Peter Senge, South Korea, Air Force, Charles Handy, Commerce Department, Frederick Taylor, Henry Ford New!
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- High Tech With Low Risk (Venturing Safely Into the 90s) by John D. Trudel on 7 pages
- The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization by Peter M. Senge on 6 pages
- Post-Capitalist Society by Peter F. Drucker on 6 pages
- Competing for the Future by Gary Hamel on 5 pages
- Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy by Miyamoto Musashi on page 280, page 357, and Back Matter
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- Business: The Key Concepts (Routledge Key Guides) by Mark Vernon in Back Matter
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