The virtual corporation : structuring and revitalizing the corporation for the 21st century

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The virtual corporation : structuring and revitalizing the corporation for the 21st century

William H. Davidow, Michael S. Malone

HarperCollins, c1992

  • : cloth
  • : pbk

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: cloth ISBN 9780887305931

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Examines the industrial revolution that is occuring in the businesss world and how new business strategies will determine the economic fate of nations in the next century. This book describes the industrial revolution beginning to transform markets and corporations and identifies the driving forces behind the transformation - fast new information technologies, increased emphasis on quality, accelerated product development cycles, changing management practices, including new alignments between management and labour, and new links between company, supplier and consumer, and between industry and government.
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: pbk ISBN 9780887306570

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This work is an examination of the new strategies used by the most advanced corporations that are propelling the current industrial revolution. The book explains how ad hoc aggregates of companies - "virtual corporations" - are combining to deliver instantaneous, customized services and products. It identifies the driving forces that are transforming the marketplace and corporations: fast new information technologies; increased emphasis on quality; accelerated product development cycles; changing management practices, including new linkages between company, supplier and consumer, and between industry and government. William H. Davidow is the author of "Marketing High Technology" and "Total Customer Service". Michael S. Malone is the author of "The Big Score" and "Going Public".

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