The Limits of Strategy: Lessons in Leadership from the Computer Industry - Couverture souple

Von Simson, Ernest

 
9781440192609: The Limits of Strategy: Lessons in Leadership from the Computer Industry
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 144019260X ISBN 13 : 9781440192609
Editeur : iUniverse, 2010

Synopsis

1992 was a killing year for the four computer companies most important to business buyers over the decade. All four had been dominant suppliers of minicomputers for the past fifteen or twenty years. But on July 16, the CEOs of both Digital Equipment and Hewlett Packard were pushed into retirement. On August 8, Wang Laboratories declared bankruptcy. In December, IBM halved its dividend for the first time ever, forcing the resignation of its CEO a month later.  How did this happen? All four CEOs were clever and experienced. Two were founders of their companies; the other two highly successful career executives in their respective companies. All four were simply overwhelmed.
 
And while there was no single explanation for what happened, there were definite common themes.  They recur again and again in the many stories of this book.  Are the deadliest changes unavoidable because strategy is too easily thwarted by cluster bombs like technological velocity, cultural inertia, obsolete business models, executive conflict, and investor expectations?

The year 1992 is the fulcrum of this book, but the underlying theme is company transitions in the face of massive changes in markets, technologies, or business models – or, in other words, the limits of strategy.

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À propos de l?auteur

With his wife, Naomi Seligman, Ernest von Simson ran the Research Bureau, the quietly powerful think tank that observed, shaped, and guided the development of the computer industry. They got to know and admire the giants of those years -- including Michael Dell, Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and many more.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
144019260X
ISBN 13 
9781440192609
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
436
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  1440192588 ISBN 13 :  9781440192586
Editeur : iUniverse, 2010
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