内容简介
Whatistheonlythingacompanyhasthatitscompetitorsdonothave?Whatcanacompanyinvestinthatitscompetitorscannotreplicate?Information.It’sthenewcompetitiveedge.Capitalizingontheinformationacompanyownsaboutitscustomers,suppliers,andpartnersisnowthevaluepropositionforsustainablelong-termgrowth.AuthorsHurdandNyberggoinsidecompaniestoseethevaluepropositioninpractice.Combiningcasestudiesandanalysts’insightswithcommonsenseandsurprisinglysimpleideasforgrowth,TheValueFactorshowshowcompaniestransforminformationintoacompetitiveasset.HurdandNyberghaveaccesstosomeofthetopcompaniesineveryindustryandfromaroundtheworld.Inthisbook,theysharetheiruniqueperspectiveonwhattheinnovatorsaredoingtogetaheadandstayaheadintoday’stoughbusinessenvironmentandhowtopcompaniesaremeetingchallengesandturningthemintogrowthopportunities.
作者简介
MarkHurdistheformerpresidentandchiefexecutiveofficerofNCRCorporation,aleadingglobaltechnologycompany.NCR'sautomatedtellermachines,retailsystems,Teradata(R)datawarehouses,andITservicesprovideRelationshipTechnology(TM)solutionsthatmaximizethevalueofcustomerinteractions.HurdwasnamedchiefexecutiveofficerandelectedtotheboardinMarch2003.Previouslyaspresidentandchiefoperatingofficer,hewasinstrumentalinformulatingandexecutingstrategiestomaximizeoperatingefficienciesandprofitability.HurdjoinedNCRin1980andwaschosentoruntheTeradatadivisioninOctober1999.Hewaspromotedtochiefoperatingofficerofthedivisionwithinayear.UnderHurd'sleadership,Teradataincreasedrevenuebyapproximately36percentandimprovedoperatingperformancebyover$250million.Today,Teradataisa$1.2billionbusinessandthemarketleaderinlargedatawarehousesandanalyticalsolutionsthathelpbusinessesdrivegrowth.HurdnowservesaschiefexecutiveofficerforHewlett-Packard.LarsNybergischairmanoftheboardofdirectorsofNCRCorporation,aleadingproviderofRelationshipTechnology(TM)solutions.NybergservedasNCR'schiefexecutiveofficerfromJune1995untilMarch2003andleditstransformationfromahardwaremanufacturertoatechnologysolutionsprovider.HealsoiswidelyacknowledgedasthearchitectofNCR'sdramaticturnaroundfollowingitsspinofffromAT&Tattheendof1996.Today,thecompanyisaglobaltechnologyleaderandnumberoneworldwideindatawarehousesaboveoneterabyteinsize,automatedtellermachines,andstationarybarcodescanners.PriortojoiningNCR,NybergspenttwentyyearswithPhilipsElectronicsNVinanumberofseniorpositions.Mostrecently,hewaschairmanandCEOofPhilips'CommunicationsSystemsDivision.NybergalsoservesontheboardsofdirectorsofTheSandvikGroupinSwedenandWisconsin-basedSnap-onIncorporated.