Nicholas Carr’s thoughts on the Oracle/Peoplesoft Merger are interesting, questioning the popular notion that mergers of software firms are horribly difficult, if not inherently doomed. Mainstream thinking holds that because the value of software makers lies in the creativity of their “human assets,” […] you couldn’t apply tough management discipline in quickly consolidating two organizations […]
… unter anderem weil die Komplexität der IT-Systeme hoch ist … und für (fundierte und) schnelle Entscheidungen in der komplexeren Post-Merger-Situation neue (IT-)Werkzeuge benötigt werden. [Ein] Planungsinstrument [das] in der Lage ist, die an den verschiedensten Orten und in unterschiedlichsten Tochtergesellschaften anfallenden Daten schnell zusammenzufassen, aufzubereiten und zu analysieren. Business Intelligence (BI) und Business Performance […]
GM is catching on quick, its business model disruption potential is noted … in addition to my old posts here , there and there … see this nice summary … some comments are elaborating on … Greasemonkey is a Firefox extension which lets users add “user scripts” (DHTML, technically) to any web page. These scripts […]
… weil sich die Zeitbudgets der Konsumenten in Richtung Internet verschieben und weil TV für Werbung uninteressant wird, z.B. wenn Nutzer Time-Shifting Devices wie TiVo verwenden: So wie Tageszeitungen, die ihre News nur einmal am Tag auf den Markt werfen können, ist auch das Fernsehen mit seinem festgelegten Programmschema vielen nicht mehr flexibel genug. Während […]
An interesting article that highlights some reasons why huge institutions, like e.g. GM, have such a hard time changing: They are attached to their (cemented) organizational structures as they are facing a changing world. Why is it so hard for those inside GM to see the inevitable? Take a step into the Detroit mindset. No […]
Reuters about XBRL, the business reporting language that was supposed to make it easier for computerized systems to run through financial filings and spot questionable data. The technology, a computer language developed by accountants, turns financial information into the equivalent of a bar code, allowing software to scan and comprehend information that would otherwise be […]
Many of the critical questions media companies face today deal with human capital, knowledge management, digital assets and expertise. Media companies are supposed to be sophisticated managers of these assets because these are the main if not only assets these firms possess. Hence, they are pure-form exemplars and the lessons drawn from their experience for […]
