From Strategy to Execution

At the intersection of disruptive and accelerated change in the environment and globalization, business leaders around the world are trying to embrace change and incorporate innovative business models in the basics of their businesses. While innovation in their products and services remain a priority, increasing emphasis is being placed on rethinking how customer value is developed and delivered, rethinking the profit formula and the financial model, and making corresponding changes to the core resources. This book presents new and innovative business models that are increasingly becoming a key to business success in a rapidly changing world. It details new and appropriate analytics, frameworks, insights, and forecasts for strategy and execution.

The Accelerating Pace of Change.- Global Imperatives - The Accelerating Pace of Change.- Economic Trends of Change.- New Business Priorities in a World of Accelerating Change.- Accelerating Innovation.- Business Model Innovation.- Process Innovation Through Open BPM (Business Process Management).- Product and Service Innovation.- Agile Strategy Execution - Creating Strategic Alignment.- From Strategy Execution to Performance Management.- Gaining Competitive Advantage from Compliance and Risk Management.- Cultural Aspects of Pervasive Rapid Change.- The Talent Supply Chain: Leveraging the Global Talent Market.- Improving Knowledge Worker Performance.- Protecting Corporate Reputation in an ERA of Instant Transparency.- Business-Led Information Technology.- Four Vectors of Business Model Innovation: Value Capture in a Network ERA.- Adaptive I/T Architectures: The Rise of Business Platforms.

From the reviews:

"In this Abstract, you will learn: 1) Why businesses must become innovative; 2) How to develop creative business models; and 3) What knowledge workers do and why they are important. Editors Daniel Pantaleo and Nirmal Pal offer a comprehensive examination of strategy and execution in a rapidly changing world. ... The book is well-organized ... . recommends this book to knowledge workers and their managers, and to executives and others who must manage change." (getAbstract, July, 2009)