Michael A. Cusumano Bücher

A trio of experts on high-tech business strategy and innovation reveals the principles behind the rise of platform businesses, which have become the most valuable firms globally, including the first trillion-dollar companies. In the digital era, managers and entrepreneurs must navigate both the conventional and platform economies. Business-oriented platforms operate at the industry or ecosystem level, enabling individuals and organizations to innovate and interact in unprecedented ways, creating economic value far beyond traditional companies. This in-depth examination of platform strategy and digital innovation highlights how a small number of companies exert significant influence over various aspects of our lives. The authors explain the differences between these new entities and past powerful corporations, questioning the limits of their market dominance. They also discuss the role of governments in rethinking regulations related to data privacy and antitrust to curb potential abuses by these businesses. Their aim is to equip managers and entrepreneurs to build sustainable platform businesses that can compete effectively against digital and conventional rivals. Drawing on thirty years of experience studying these firms, this book offers a timely investigation into the economic and technological forces shaping dominant players like Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, and Google, and their impact on the global economy and fut

Beyond the unquestioned genius and vision of CEO Bill Gates, what accounts for Microsoft's astounding success? Microsoft commands the high ground of the information superhighway by owning the operating systems and basic programs that run on the world's 170 million computers. Drawing on confidential documents and data, this work reveals many of Microsoft's innermost secrets. In-depth interviews with 40 employees enabled the authors to identify seven key strategies which demonstrate exactly how Microsoft competes and operates. They reveal a style of leadership, organization, competition and product development which is both consistent with the company's loosely structured programmer culture and remarkably effective for mass-market production of software.

The software industry is in a fast-paced league of its own. The drive to have the highest level of speed, the highest level of flexibility in strategic planning, and the need to manage talent of a different generation and mindset, make it truly unique. Few possess as much experience showing software professionals how to succeed as Michael Cusumano, who has served as a board member or consultant to such organizations as AT&T, AOL, CompuServe, Lucent and Verizon. THE SOFTWARE BUSINESS packs his invaluable insight into a single, powerful guide. Just as he did in MICROSOFT SECRETS, Cusumano links issues of strategy and organization with those of managing technology. He argues that the key to success in the $600 billion software business is choosing a business model that will capitalize on the good times and survive the bad. Through eye-opening case studies, Cusumano introduces a ground breaking framework that any manager can use to select the right business model from a choice of three: products, services, or hybrid business solutions. A must-read for every manager, programmer, analyst, entrepreneur, and student interested in software, THE SOFTWARE BUSINESS is destined to become a handbook for getting ahead in the competitive field of computers and e-commerce.

Tři velcí vizionáři IT technologií. Tři mimořádné životy, tři mimořádné zkušenosti. Jak se vize stávají skutečností? Tato kniha skvěle a naprosto přesně vysvětluje jak tři legendární top manažeři z oboru hi-tech změnili svět, ve kterém žijeme. Není jen o strategiích, které jsou vhodné pro technologicky orientované firmy, ale ukazuje, jak postupují silní, zapálení a erudovaní lídři. Bill Gates, Andy Grove a Steve Jobs uvedli v období mezi roky 1968 a 1976 na podnikatelskou scénu tři společnosti, které dokázaly definovat podobu hi-tech světa, vytvořily zisk ve výši mnoha miliard dolarů a přeměnily navždy naše životy. Jak se jim něco tak neuvěřitelného mohlo podařit? Kniha Principy strategie se jako první zabývá souhrnným pohledem na životy a práci těchto tří mimořádných osobností – zkoumá jejich úspěchy i prohry, definuje, co je spojuje i odlišuje. David Yoffie a Michael Cusumano, významní profesoři z oboru podnikání, studovali tyto tři lídry a jejich společnosti po dobu téměř třiceti let, tedy v době, kdy sami vyučovali byznysové strategie, inovace a podnikání na Harvard Business School a na MIT Sloan School of Management.

Bill Gates, Andy Grove a Steve Jobs – velikáni, ktorí navždy zmenili svet a naše životy. Kniha, ktorú držíte v rukách, nie je biografická. Odpovedá skôr na otázku, čo sa skrýva za ich nesmiernym úspechom, ako dokázali vybudovať z malých firiem nadnárodné a najdrahšie spoločnosti na svete a aké boli ich stratégie.David B. Yoffie a Michael A. Cusumano sledovali týchto troch lídrov a ich spoločnosti vyše tridsať rokov. Obaja prednášajú na Harvarde a Massachusettskom technologickom inštitúte o stratégiách v podnikaní, technologických inováciách a podnikateľskej činnosti. Spoločne napísali bestseller Competing on Internet Time a ich dlhoročné skúsenosti sú zárukou toho, že knihu Stratégie úspešných vytvorili skutoční odborníci.