Customer Review: The Big Switch started out as one of the most interesting books I've read in a while. In part one Carr presents a terrific analogy between electricity and the Internet as general purpose technologies. Unfortunately part two is just as dull as part one is compelling. Part one succeeds in my view... more info
Customer Review: Carr has received negative coverage from the IT community for the "Does IT Matter?" Harvard Business Review article and this, a Harvard Business School Press book, but the title is actually a misnomer. He states that IT matters so much in fact that a firm must have it to compete, much like... more info
Customer Review: Few people know that I was responsible for developing the original advanced information technology applications in pilot (artificial intelligence, expert systems, natural language understanding, smart maps with a memory of operational history, etcetera) for the CIA, and served on both the Advanced... more info
Customer Review: A must read for senior managers wanting to justify the long term commitment of moving towards business process oriented architectures. Also a great source of inspiration for the ones that, like me, need to constantly educate customers on the benefits of BPM and Business-Process-oriented... more info
Customer Review: "OBSCURANTISM is a word that's no longer used these days. In the forties, it was a favorite of literary and social critics. The dictionary defined it as "a deprecation of or positive opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge, especially a policy (as in art or science) of deliberately... more info
Customer Review: This is a collection about the reshaping of the business enterprise. Whether the underlying driver of change is 'the digital revolution' or whether it is simply the emergence of new perspectives on business is probably not a profitable argument. Certainly some of the best articles in this collection... more info
Customer Review: This book provides a wealth of information on this under-researched field, including both the accounts of those with visibly difference and research information. I study patients with spinal deformity and I found the research background to this area particularly useful. I thoroughly recommend this... more info
