内容简介
Whatistheonlything acompanyhas that itscompetitorsdonothave?Whatcan acompany investinthat itscompetitorscannotreplicate? Information.It’sthenewcompetitiveedge. Capitalizingontheinformation acompanyownsabout itscustomers,suppliers,andpartnersisnowthevaluepropositionforsustainablelong–termgrowth.AuthorsHurdandNyberggoinsidecompaniestoseethevaluepropositioninpractice.Combiningcasestudiesandanalysts’insightswithcommonsenseandsurprisinglysimpleideasforgrowth,TheValueFactorshowshowcompaniestransforminformationintoacompetitiveasset.HurdandNyberghaveaccesstosomeofthetopcompaniesineveryindustryandfromaroundtheworld.Inthisbook,theysharetheiruniqueperspectiveonwhattheinnovatorsaredoingtogetaheadandstayaheadin today’stoughbusinessenvironmentandhowtopcompaniesaremeetingchallengesandturningthemintogrowthopportunities.
作者简介
MarkHurdistheformerpresidentandchiefexecutiveofficerofNCRCorporation,aleadingglobaltechnologycompany.NCR’sautomatedtellermachines,retailsystems,Teradata®datawarehouses,andITservicesprovideRelationshipTechnology™solutionsthatmaximizethevalueofcustomerinteractions.HurdwasnamedchiefexecutiveofficerandelectedtotheboardinMarch2003.Previouslyaspresidentandchiefoperatingofficer,hewasinstrumentalinformulatingandexecutingstrategiestomaximizeoperatingefficienciesandprofitability.HurdjoinedNCRin1980andwaschosentoruntheTeradatadivisioninOctober1999.Hewaspromotedtochiefoperatingofficerofthedivisionwithinayear.UnderHurd’sleadership,Teradataincreasedrevenuebyapproximately36percentandimprovedoperatingperformancebyover$250million.Today,Teradataisa$1.2billionbusinessandthemarketleaderinlargedatawarehousesandanalyticalsolutionsthathelpbusinessesdrivegrowth.HurdnowservesaschiefexecutiveofficerforHewlett–Packard.LarsNybergischairmanoftheboardofdirectorsofNCRCorporation,aleadingproviderofRelationshipTechnology™solutions.NybergservedasNCR’schiefexecutiveofficerfromJune1995untilMarch2003andleditstransformationfromahardwaremanufacturertoatechnologysolutionsprovider.HealsoiswidelyacknowledgedasthearchitectofNCR’sdramaticturnaroundfollowingitsspinofffromAT&Tattheendof1996.Today,thecompanyisaglobaltechnologyleaderandnumberoneworldwideindatawarehousesaboveoneterabyteinsize,automatedtellermachines,andstationarybarcodescanners.PriortojoiningNCR,Nybergspent twentyyearswithPhilipsElectronicsNVinanumberofseniorpositions.Mostrecently,hewaschairmanandCEOofPhilips’CommunicationsSystemsDivision.NybergalsoservesontheboardsofdirectorsofTheSandvikGroupinSwedenandWisconsin–basedSnap–onIncorporated.
