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Firms Need a Blueprint for Building Their IT Systems

Harvard Business Review

At a time when the customer end of the business model seems to be getting all the attention, executives must not neglect the equally important operations back end. Indeed, any IT outsourcing contracts will be based on a particular way of running the business, locking these in for many years. But it need not be like this.

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Doing Both: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Doing Both: Capturing Today’s Profit and Driving Tomorrow’s Growth Inder Sidhu FT Press/Pearson Organizational transformation is not — repeat not – a zero-sum game One of the most self-defeating mindsets is suggested by the admonition, “You can’t have your cake and eat it too.&#

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