{"product_id":"information-technology-and-innovation-resources-for-growth-in-a-connected-world-9781118155783","title":"Information, Technology, and Innovation: Resources for Growth in a Connected World","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): John M. Jordan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Wiley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Wiley\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Strategic Planning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Inside Flap\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncredibly rapid innovation is a hallmark of our time. The social media discount site Groupon went from revenues of $33 million in 2009 to $760 million in 2010. Facebook has crossed 800 million users since its launch in a dorm room seven years ago. Kiva--the online lending platform--funded $200 million in microloans to people around the world in less than six years. While these types of organizations and achievements were inconceivable only a decade ago, many other corporate giants have either lost their competitive foothold or completely closed shop. \u003ci\u003eInformation, Technology, and Innovation\u003c\/i\u003e provides you with the tools and knowledge to survive the shifting sands of today's rapidly changing business models.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor and IT strategist John Jordan examines basic principles underlying technology, management, and economics to show how rapid innovation is reinventing competition in today's fast-paced global marketplace. Addressing the many ways in which IT has drastically altered the business landscape over the past forty years--the personal computer, the Internet, GPS, cell phones, and smartphones--\u003ci\u003eInformation, Technology, and Innovation\u003c\/i\u003e reviews the consequences of our technological revolution and shows how to move forward by incorporating these traits into new innovations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy examining several recently displaced industries, \u003ci\u003eInformation, Technology, and Innovation\u003c\/i\u003e reveals a variety of ways that technology innovation can translate into a mix of threats to established patterns of business behavior, as well as opportunities, including: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Music Industry: How at least a dozen changes to the music industry business model--including MTV and the surge of mega-retailers--helped set the stage for the disruptive threat from Napster\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eNewspapers: Was Google the sole culprit in the demise of news readership and will the increase of tablet users help re-energize the business?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eHealth Care: How Wal-Mart, CVS, and Walgreens are placing clinics in selected pharmacies to address routine matters that would often otherwise require an emergency room visit\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eInformation, Technology, and Innovation\u003c\/i\u003e also discusses the various technologies you can use as building blocks to move your business forward and concludes with five broad areas of rapid change in the foreseeable future.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ways people behave, relate to each other, and organize themselves to work are changing at warp speed. \u003ci\u003eInformation, Technology, and Innovation\u003c\/i\u003e shows you how to make sense of today's rapid changes by moving beyond a mindset of optimization. Instead, the wealth of technological and organizational changes is the starting point for tomorrow's business transformations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45114993836183,"sku":"9781118155783","price":4203.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781118155783.webp?v=1767270291","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/information-technology-and-innovation-resources-for-growth-in-a-connected-world-9781118155783","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}