Guy Parmentier – författare

This innovative book dissects the transitions and technologies that are appearing in our new digital age. Authors Guy Parmentier and Romain Gandia expand on how this modern industrial revolution is profoundly transforming not just our society as a whole but is also challenging traditional approaches to strategic management.Strategy and Business Models in the Digital Age argues throughout that, in order to meet the challenges of this new industrial revolution 4.0, strategic management needs to be profoundly renewed through the integrating the logic of business models, platforms, multi-sided architecture and openness. The authors explore the evolution of strategic thinking from classical models to the latest conceptual research, and illustrate key concepts through industry case studies, such as the approaches used by Amazon and Airbnb. Overall, this book repositions value logic at the heart of strategic business design and proposes a set of actions, principles and practices for designing new business models and digital strategies in this new era.This is an invaluable resource for students and academics within the fields of digital technologies and AI, organisational innovation, strategic management and sustainability. It will also appeal to managers and strategy professionals, who will find it beneficial in understanding the challenges and strategic consequences of digital transformation.

What determines a company's financial health and what drives company value? Knowledge on financial analysis and business valuation is not always accessible for non-financial specialists such as managers with a more strategic focus. Nevertheless, having this intellectual skill-set can leverage your ability to make better strategic decisions. Therefore, the authors have structured this book in a way that enables non-specialists to grasp all relevant financial information using tools that allow efficient financial analyses.For the non-financial experts the book starts by presenting the essentials of financial analysis and business valuation in a structured way. However, this book is not only written for non-financial specialists as also more experienced readers may find new perspectives for conducting financial analyses. Professionals who work with relatively 'static' financial data concerning solvability and debt will welcome the more dynamic financial toolset incorporated in this book. This toolset will enable them to get to the heart of the (financial) matter faster by focusing on relevant data. By making the relevant financial analyses this book gives the reader a better insight in the companys value. Not just by explaining theory, but by also showing how you can use the output of the financial analyses to challenge the forecasted data that will determine the price you get or have to pay.

Creativity, whether individual or collective, is often approached without taking into account organizational processes, routines and management systems. However, in today’s constantly changing world, developing creativity at all levels of an organization is the key to developing a continuous flow of innovation and solving complex problems in order to achieve set goals. Organizational Creative Capabilities presents a comprehensive approach to creativity, with a view towards building a genuine organizational capability with the potential to deliver strategic advantages. The book provides an understanding of organizational creative capabilities through methods of openness, slack, socialization, agility, equipment and idea management. It provides keys and examples for developing recurrent, value-creating creativity, and also addresses the question of measuring the performance of creative capabilities.

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