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20:21 Vision : Twentieth-Century Lessons for the Twenty-First Century-Bill Emmott
The attack on September 11, 2001, shook the rich West out of its complacency, suddenly, peace looked to be in peril. Even before that time, prosperity was endangered as campaigns mounted against the purported evils of capitalist globalization, such as inequality, pollution, and financial instability, and as America's high-tech stock market boom turned to bust. Yet, in the decade following the end of the cold war, prospects had looked so rosy, with peace prevailing among the world's great powers, with billions of people joining the world market economy, and with great waves of technological change driving economies forward. What will the twenty-first century be like now? This book provides the answer that matter for all our lives in the twenty-first century. Uncorrected proof. 357pp. Glossy illustrated SOFTCOVER. Previous owner's bookplate on back of front cover. Else, like New condition. ExtraFINE.
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Blown to Bits: How the New Economics of Information Transforms Strategy-Philip Evans,Thomas S. Wurster
The new economics of information is eliminating the trade-off between richness and reach, blowing apart the foundations of traditional business strategy. BLOWN TO BITS reveals how the spread of connectivity and common standards is redefining the information channels that link businessess with their customers, suppliers, and employees. Increasingly, your customers will have rich access to a universe of alternatives, your suppliers will exploit direct access to your customers, and your competitors will pick off the most profitable parts of your value chain. Your competitive advantage is up for grabs. To prepare executives and entrepreneurs alike for a fundamental change in business competition, Evans and Wurster expand and illuminate groundbreaking concepts first explored in the award-winning 'Harvard Business Review' article "Strategy and the New Economics of Information," and present a practical guide for applying them. Examples span the spectrum of industry--from financial services to health care, from consumer to industrial goods and from media to retailing. BLOWN TO BITS shows how to build new strategies that reflect a world in which richness and reach go hand in hand and how to make the most of the new forces shaping competitive advantage. 261pp.
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