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A Board Director's Perspective on What IT Has to Get Right

Harvard Business Review

As many companies move from exclusively internal focused R&D to distributed-innovation systems (e.g., online idea markets), the center of expertise for innovation support, and analysis across the enterprise. Improving Operational Efficiency. DIG is responsible for emerging technology, collaboration methods and technology (e.g.,

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3 Ways to Get More Value from Automation - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM PWC’s Strategy&

Harvard Business Review

Recently, a financial services organization found $5 million in opportunities to optimize its finance processes. Typically they end up as an app or a custom feature in an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. We know some companies hope to wait on the benefits of automation until their next big systems upgrade.

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IT Can No Longer Afford to Ignore Its Users

Harvard Business Review

During these decades, IT organizations retained nearly complete control of the technology architecture, and with little to challenge them. Bob in Finance simply didn’t bring his own mainframe to work. the complexity and cost of enterprise software ensured that the IT model remained enterprise-centric.

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