Business India

Professor Rangan provides cutting-edge insights into the strategies companies are applying to leverage the emerging scientific research cluster in India. This paper is based on a global Value Leadership Group next practice strategic research project involving the research centers of more than 20 companies in India including Philips, ABB, Motorola, HP, GM, and the Tata Group. Professor Rangan’s paper builds on his work of almost 10 years with Professor Michael Porter at Harvard University.

European IT Companies in India

How European IT SMEs are leveraging offshore capabilities to reignite growth, improve financial performance, and capture new markets. For large companies, offshore sourcing is rapidly becoming a prerequisite for competing.

Offshoring Strategy Should Create Differentiation and Greater Business Value

Read an exclusive interview on offshoring strategy with Peter Schumacher. Best practice companies – regardless of size – are those that leverage offshoring to do things they would not be able to do otherwise. You can entrepreneurially rethink your business and implement organizational and service innovations. Companies that are not thinking about offshoring strategically are likely to miss this opportunity. This interview was released in Belgium in July 2008 in “Offshore Update” a publication of Applied Development, continental Europe’s first venture funded offshore services firm.

Has Europe Lost the Offshore War?

How offshore services firms changed the rules of the game in European IT services. As European IT services firms wake up to the realisation that they have lost serious ground to their offshore rivals, Peter Schumacher, founder, president and CEO of the Value Leadership Group, analyses why Europe was so ill prepared for this paradigm shift. By not paying attention to major business trends, European IT services companies that once aspired to become world leaders have become laggards. Why? In a special report published in the September 2007 print edition of CEO Magazine, Peter Schumacher offers 5 reasons why European IT services firms are losing the offshore battle.

The New Competitive Paradigm in European IT Services - Global Strategy Conference in Stockholm

In June 2007, the Swedish investment bank, Handelsbanken Capital Markets, and the Value Leadership Group, hosted a global strategy conference in Stockholm. The theme of the conference was – The New Competitive Paradigm in European IT Services. The Value Leadership Group provided exclusive analysis and CEOs from industry leaders gave important new insights into the competitive dynamics and likely future direction of the European IT services industry. More than 125 senior executives from 18 countries and a cross section of industries were in attendance. Delegates and speakers gave this event the highest ratings.

Building Your Information Systems from the Other Side of The World: How Infosys Manages Time Zone Differences by Prof. Erran Carmel

This article describes how Infosys overcomes the challenges of working in different time zones by using three key elements: a 24-hour organizational culture; process and technology; and a liaison, who encompasses elements from both process and culture. The Infosys case demonstrates a balance between organizational culture and process solutions. Importantly, Infosys has nurtured an organizational culture in which employees see themselves in a global firm covering 24 time zones. In this paper Professor Carmel provides details of 10 strategies Infosys has developed over the years for managing work across time zones.