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How To Lead In The Digital Economy

The Horizons Tracker

Salvation is offered, as it so often is, by a second report , this time from consulting firm Accenture, which also highlights the struggles executives are having in getting the most out of the latest technologies. Timing : Creating an appropriate sequence and roadmaps for deploying new technology.

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8 Advantages of Managed IT Services for Healthcare Clinics

Strategy Driven

They will provide you with regular security assessments and training. Focusing on IT resources also allows the clinic to focus on innovative solutions. This is to address growing demand and ever-evolving technology. Plus, they can focus on patient care and develop cost-effective IT strategies.

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A Playbook for Making America More Entrepreneurial

Harvard Business Review

We see ourselves as risk-takers and innovators. In an economy where traditional manufacturing jobs have gone offshore, and globalization and technology have put pressure on U.S. The Playbook is a policy menu, based around three core needs of small businesses: access to capital; people and skills; and innovation ecosystems.

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Tinkering with Strategy Can Derail Midsize Companies

Harvard Business Review

Unlike a startup company, which is supposed to play with alternative strategies until the right one emerges, a midsize firm already has a strategy that is working. Sure, it must always consider whether to adjust that strategy in the face of new competition, changing customer demand, technological innovation or all three.

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Let Go of What Made Your Company Great

Harvard Business Review

As United Rentals, the largest equipment rentals company, shifted its strategy to focus more on national customer accounts, it faced a huge forgetting challenge; branch managers needed to forget the fiefdom mentality. Above all, don’t ignore this challenge as you try to innovate your way to a new model.

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Open Source Software Hits a Strategic Tipping Point

Harvard Business Review

Overall, we found that more than half of our survey respondents have adopted OSS solutions as part of their IT strategy. Nearly a third of respondents now cite benefits of flexibility, increased innovation, shorter development times, and faster procurement processes. To find out, we surveyed 547 IT leaders in 11 countries.

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There Are Two Types of Performance — but Most Organizations Only Focus on One

Harvard Business Review

Workers were carefully trained to follow processes exactly as they were laid out. Tactical performance is how effectively your organization sticks to its strategy. The second type, known as adaptive performance , is how effectively your organization diverges from its strategy. Every spot on every line was visible to managers.