Blown to Bits
How the New Economics of
Information Transforms Strategy
Richness or Reach? The
tradeoff used to be simple but absolute: Your business strategy either could focus on
"rich" information customized products and services tailored to a niche audience
or could reach out to a larger market, but with watered-down information that sacrificed
richness in favor of a broad, general appeal. Much of business strategy as we know it
today rests on this fundamental dilemma.
Now, say Evans and 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 businesses 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 corporate
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
industries 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.
Philip Evans is a Senior Vice
President of The Boston Consulting Group in Boston.
Thomas S. Wurster is a Senior
Vice President of The Boston Consulting Group in Los Angeles. The authors are coleaders of
The Boston Consulting Group's Media and Convergence Practice.
259 pages
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