Dan G.

The tumultuous economic events of the past two years have battered, bruised—
even bankrupted—many electronics firms. While companies struggle for
survival in the traditional markets, where products and services are bought
and sold, they should also be cognizant of the dynamics of an often unnoticed
market—the market for innovation. Learning to maintain flexibility in both
the production and innovation markets can help insulate companies from the
inherent volatility of the… Show more

The tumultuous economic events of the past two years have battered, bruised—
even bankrupted—many electronics firms. While companies struggle for
survival in the traditional markets, where products and services are bought
and sold, they should also be cognizant of the dynamics of an often unnoticed
market—the market for innovation. Learning to maintain flexibility in both
the production and innovation markets can help insulate companies from the
inherent volatility of the electronics industry. Show less

Lured by attractive economics, many manufacturing firms have attempted to
establish complementary services businesses, only to find themselves trapped
far short of the profitable growth that they originally imagined. Recent
analysis at the IBM Institute for Business Value suggests that services success
depends on a firm’s positioning itself as an indispensable part of its customer’s
value-creation process— not simply by providing a valued service, but by
helping the… Show more

Lured by attractive economics, many manufacturing firms have attempted to
establish complementary services businesses, only to find themselves trapped
far short of the profitable growth that they originally imagined. Recent
analysis at the IBM Institute for Business Value suggests that services success
depends on a firm’s positioning itself as an indispensable part of its customer’s
value-creation process— not simply by providing a valued service, but by
helping the customer create more value overall. Show less

Intuitively, high-tech manufacturing executives know that continuous innovation is key to corporate growth. Yet, many companies still depend on a fair amount of luck to convert good ideas into successful products and services. Based on research across eight high-tech segments of the manufacturing industry, the IBM Institute for Business Value has identified four management disciplines that help convert art into science by fundamentally reshaping how companies manage new product and service… Show more

Intuitively, high-tech manufacturing executives know that continuous innovation is key to corporate growth. Yet, many companies still depend on a fair amount of luck to convert good ideas into successful products and services. Based on research across eight high-tech segments of the manufacturing industry, the IBM Institute for Business Value has identified four management disciplines that help convert art into science by fundamentally reshaping how companies manage new product and service development. Show less

A flexible access network requires standard interfaces to the rest of the telecommunications network and the operations systems. A new approach to the allocation of functions among network elements of the access network and the rest of the telecommunications network is required to obtain a useful interface specification.