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"Action, Urgency, Excellence" Seizing Leadership in the Digital Economy
Action Urgency Excellence Seizing Leadership in the Digital Economy Author:Ram Charan EDS should have been the leader of its industry when it was split off from GM in 1996. A pioneer in information technology (IT) services, the fastest growing industry in the world, it had a proud heritage, superb people, and a rich stock of intellectual capital. But structurally and culturally, it was unprepared for the rapidly changing IT marke... more »tplace. Competitors grabbed the lion's share of the growth, and by 1998, EDS was in trouble. With revenues flat and earnings declining, the stock price was sinking. At the beginning of 1999, the EDS board brought in Dick Brown, an outsider, to turn the company around. Brown and his new leadership team set out to tap the company's full potential for creating profitable growth and shareholder value. This book tells the candid story of the first phase of that effort, and it is an extraordinary story. Today EDS has new leadership, a new structure, and a new vision: EDS, the recognized global leader in ensuring clients achieve superior value in the Digial Economy.« less