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| Top performing companies like 7-Eleven Japan, Cemex, ING DIRECT, Toyota, and UPS are using enterprise architecture to reduce costs while increasing strategic agility. Based on interviews and surveys at over 150 companies, this book describes how leading companies use architecture to guide the evolution of a core foundation of IT systems and business processes. |
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| Jeanne W. Ross, Ph.D. |
Principal Research Scientist Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sloan School of Management |
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jross@mit.edu |
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+1-617-253-9461 |
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3 Cambridge Center, NE20-336
Cambridge, MA 02142 |
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| Jeanne W. Ross is Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Sloan School’s Center for Information Systems Research (CISR). CISR undertakes practical empirical research on how firms generate business value from IT and is funded by corporate patrons and sponsors. The center disseminates its findings through briefings, papers, workshops, and executive education. At MIT Jeanne lectures, conducts research, and teaches public and customized executive courses on IT management. She has published widely, including journal articles, book chapters, and case studies. Her prior book, IT Governance: How Top Performers, Manage IT Decision Rights for Superior Results, coauthored with Peter Weill, was published by Harvard Business School Press in 2004. Jeanne’s research focuses on how businesses generate value from IT. She regularly speaks at major forums, discussing IT management and value. As Editor in Chief of MIS Quarterly Executive, she is working to increase collaboration between the academic and professional IT communities. |
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| Peter Weill, Ph.D. |
Director, CISR & Senior Research Scientist
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management |
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pweill@mit.edu |
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| Peter Weill is Director of the MIT Sloan School’s Center for Information Systems Research and an MIT Senior Research Scientist. His research and advisory work centers on the strategic impact, value, and governance of IT in enterprises. He has presented widely at industry forums, executive education and MBA programs on the business value of IT and has published award-winning books, journal articles, and case studies. These include his book with Jeanne W. Ross, IT Governance. He also coauthored the bestselling Leveraging the New Infrastructure: How Market Leaders Capitalize on Information Technology (Harvard Business School Press, 1998) and Place to Space: Migrating to eBusiness Models (Harvard Business School Press, 2001), which won one of the Library Journal of America’s best business book of the year awards. Peter is currently researching business agility and which business models will be most successful.. |
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| David Robertson, Ph.D. |
| Professor |
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david.robertson@imd.ch |
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+41 21 618 0310 |
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IMD
Chemin de Bellerive 23
CH-1001 Lausanne Switzerland |
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| David Robertson is a professor at IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he teaches innovation, technology management, and IT in the school’s executive and MBA programs. At IMD, David is currently directing executive programs for Credit Suisse, EMC, Skanska, and HSBC. He was also codirector of Making Business Sense of IT, a joint program between IMD and MIT. Prior to IMD, David was a postdoctoral research fellow at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, a consultant at McKinsey & Co., and an executive at four enterprise software companies. In addition to his responsibilities at IMD, David is cofounder of a product design firm that is patenting and bringing its first product to market, and he serves as a consultant to companies on such issues as innovation, enterprise architecture, and overall business strategy. |
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