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In business today, all advantage is temporary. In order tosurvive-let alone thrive-companies must be able to anticipate andadapt to change, or face rapid, brutal extinction. In Clockspeed,Charles Fine draws on a decades worth of research at M. I. T. sSloan School of Management to introduce a new vocabulary forunderstanding the forces of competition and making strategicdecisions that will determine the destiny of your company, as wellas your industry. Taking inspiration from the world of biology,Fine argues that each industry has its own evolutionary life cycle(or clockspeed), measured by the rate at which it introduces newproducts, processes, and organizational structures. Just asgeneticists study the fruit fly to gain insight into theevolutionary paths of all animals, managers in any industry canlearn from the industrial fruit flies-such as Internet services,personal computers, and multimedia entertainment-which evolvethrough new generations at breakneck speed. Applying the lessons ofthe fruit flies to industries as diverse as bicycles,pharmaceuticals, and semiconductors, Fine illustrates howcompetitive advantage is lost or gained by how well a companymanages dynamic web of relationships that run throughout its chainof suppliers, distributors, and alliance partners. Packed withrevolutionary concepts and tools to help managers make keystrategic decisions that affect current and future performance,Clockspeed shows, as no other book before it, how the ultimate corecompetency is mastering the art of supply chain design, carefullychoosing which components and capabilities to keep in-house andwhich to purchase from outside. The consequences of faulty ofvisionary decisions can be enormous and dramatic. Witness the caseof IBM in the early 1980s, when it outsourced key PC components toMicrosoft and Intel, unleashing the Intel Inside phenomenon and acomplete restructuring of the computer industry. Going further,Fine sees the personal computer as merely a component in the vastinformation-entertainment industry, which evolves at speedsunimagined a few years ago. He uses this fruit fly as well to peerinto the future of industrial evolution and find practical advicefor players in all industries, from automobiles to health careinformation systems. Clockspeed not only serves up some new laws ofvalue chain dynamics, but it also offers recommendations forachieving industry leadership through simultaneous product,process, and supply chain design. In challenging managers to thinklike corporate geneticists Clockspeed contributes the next creativeleap in business strategy.

<p>In business today, all advantage is temporary. In order to
survive-let alone thrive-companies must be able to anticipate and
adapt to change, or face rapid, brutal extinction. In Clockspeed,
Charles Fine draws on a decades worth of research at M. I. T. s
Sloan School of Management to introduce a new vocabulary for
understanding the forces of competition and making strategic
decisions that will determine the destiny of your company, as well
as your industry. Taking inspiration from the world of biology,
Fine argues that each industry has its own evolutionary life cycle
(or clockspeed), measured by the rate at which it introduces new
products, processes, and organizational structures. Just as
geneticists study the fruit fly to gain insight into the
evolutionary paths of all animals, managers in any industry can
learn from the industrial fruit flies-such as Internet services,
personal computers, and multimedia entertainment-which evolve
through new generations at breakneck speed. Applying the lessons of
the fruit flies to industries as diverse as bicycles,
pharmaceuticals, and semiconductors, Fine illustrates how
competitive advantage is lost or gained by how well a company
manages dynamic web of relationships that run throughout its chain
of suppliers, distributors, and alliance partners. Packed with
revolutionary concepts and tools to help managers make key
strategic decisions that affect current and future performance,
Clockspeed shows, as no other book before it, how the ultimate core
competency is mastering the art of supply chain design, carefully
choosing which components and capabilities to keep in-house and
which to purchase from outside. The consequences of faulty of
visionary decisions can be enormous and dramatic. Witness the case
of IBM in the early 1980s, when it outsourced key PC components to
Microsoft and Intel, unleashing the Intel Inside phenomenon and a
complete restructuring of the computer industry. Going further,
Fine sees the personal computer as merely a component in the vast
information-entertainment industry, which evolves at speeds
unimagined a few years ago. He uses this fruit fly as well to peer
into the future of industrial evolution and find practical advice
for players in all industries, from automobiles to health care
information systems. Clockspeed not only serves up some new laws of
value chain dynamics, but it also offers recommendations for
achieving industry leadership through simultaneous product,
process, and supply chain design. In challenging managers to think
like corporate geneticists Clockspeed contributes the next creative
leap in business strategy.</p>

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Charles H. Fine is a professor of management and director of the Technology Supply Chain Research Project at the Sloan School of Management, MIT. He has conducted extensive research on the dynamics of technology management, supply chain design, and industry competitiveness, and has consulted to major corporations, including GM, Corning, Lockheed, and Intel.

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Booknews Introduces the concept of clockspeed--the idea that each industry has its own evolutionary life cycle, measured by the rate at which it introduces new products, processes, and organizational structures. Fine (management, MIT's Sloan School of Management) discusses the dynamics of technology management, supply chain design, product design, building capabilities through dynamic 3-D concurrent engineering, and the various clockspeeds of public institutions and humans. Fine's findings are based on years of research at MIT's Center for Technology, Policy, and Industrial Development. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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