The Bright Stuff: How Innovative People and Technology can Make the Old Economy New(Financial Times Series)

The Internet hype is over! But there is no going back to business as usual. The real winners in the Internet age will be the old economy firms that seize the opportunities offered by the Internet and integrate its possibilities into their existing business. But how do you make a mammoth run like a gazelle? The Bright Stuff shares with you the secrets of successful innovation so that you can learn the skills and attitudes of the digital economy innovators. From now on, innovation is going to be imperative not just for growth, but for survival. This book will show you how to integrate your hard-headed, established business capabilities with the of nimble-footed start-ups. This may seem like a tall order, but examples in this book such as GM, Charles Schwab, Merrill Lynch prove that it can be done. This is the 'bright stuff' - the potential of the Internet waiting to be explored and exploited by you! Companies need to think fast and think fresh. They need The Bright Stuff.

Table of Contents:
Part 1: Setting the stage Part 2 : Exploring the case studies Part 3: Learning from the past Part 4: Defining the imperatives Part 5: Preparing the action

About the Author :
Arnoud De Meyer is the Akzo Nobel Fellow in Strategic Management and Dean of the Asia Campus at INSEAD. His research interests include international R&D strategy, manufacturing strategy and Internet-enabled innovation. He is the co-author of Benchmarking for Global Manufacturing (Business One Irwin, 1992). Soumitra Dutta is the Roland Berger Chaired Professor of E-Business and Information Technology and Dean of Technology and E-Learning at INSEAD. His research interests include electronic commerce, Internet-based learning and process reengineering. His most recent publication is Embracing the Net: Get.Competitive (Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2001). Sandeep Srivastava is the co-founder and CEO of IYCWorld.com, an Application Service Provider in India. He has an MBA from INSEAD. Previously he was an IT entrepreneur and worked for IT companies in India and Saudi Arabia. He is the co-author of Embracing the Net:Get.Competitive (Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2001).