Is Leveraging E-Business the Path to Success?
By June 14, 2001 According to some, e-business represents a major paradigm shift in the business world that companies ignore at their own peril. “If you don’t end up being e-business driven, we believe you’ll fail,” said Intel Vice President William Swope. “What we’ve got here is a fundamental upheaval in corporate thinking.” Like Intel, many analysts view the current downturn as a necessary evil and sign of a healthy restructuring of worldwide economies and old-economy mind-sets. This transformation, they believe, requires a radical reorganization of corporate structure as businesses shift gears into e-mode. According to research firm Gartner, companies making the shift will need to use short, repetitive planning processes. Gartner believes that utilising shorter cycles for e-business strategies will force companies to hone in on value-driven aspects of a particular e-project. Focusing purely on these areas will oblige businesses to stop wasting valuable resources that would normally
