Bright Stuff, The: How
Innovative People and Technology Can Make the Old Economy New
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The Internet hype is over!
But there is no going back to business as usual.
The real winners in the
Internet age will be the old economy firms that seize the opportunities offered by the
Internet and integrate its possibilities into their existing business.
But how do you make a mammoth
run like a gazelle? The Bright Stuff shares with you the secrets of successful innovation
so that you can learn the skills and attitudes of the digital economy innovators.
From now on, innovation is
going to be imperative not just for growth, but for survival. This book will show you how
to integrate your hard-headed, established business capabilities with the of nimble-footed
start-ups. This may seem like a tall order, but examples in this book such as GM, Charles
Schwab, and Merrill Lynch prove that it can be done. This is the "bright stuff"
- the potential of the Internet waiting to be explored and exploited by you!
Companies need to think fast
and think fresh. They need The Bright Stuff.
All industries are changing
dramatically. Innovation is now critical for survival. Incumbent leaders are fighting back
to retain their positions in the emerging marketplace - they are becoming innovative.
The Bright Stuff lays out the
framework and action agenda for Internet-enabled innovation in your business. With this
book you can create business models that exploit the true potential of the technologies
available.
You will learn from detailed
research carried out by INSEAD's eLab, looking at how traditional businesses were attacked
by more innovative start-ups and how they have fought back. Detailed case studies of GM,
Auto-by-Tel, Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Wal-Mart, Charles Schwab, E TRADE, and Merrill
Lynch give sound evidence of how you can take advantage of The Bright Stuff.
Author Bio
Arnoud De Meyer is the Akzo
Nobel Fellow in Strategic Management and Dean of the Asia Campus at INSEAD. His research
interests include international R&D strategy, manufacturing strategy and
Internet-enabled innovation. He is the co-author of Benchmarking for Global Manufacturing
(Business One Irwin, 1992).
Soumitra Dutta is the Roland
Berger Chaired Professor of E-Business and Information Technology and Dean of Technology
and E-Learning at INSEAD. His research interests include electronic commerce,
Internet-based learning and process reengineering. His most recent publication is
Embracing the Net: Get .Competitive (Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2001).
Sandeep Srivastava is the
co-founder and CEO of IYCWorld.com, an Application Service Provider in India. He has an
MBA from INSEAD. Previously he was an IT entrepreneur and worked for IT companies in India
and Saudi Arabia. He is the co-author of Embracing the Net:Get .Competitive (Financial
Times Prentice Hall, 2001).
250 pages