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基本説明
The narrative ranges far beyond Microsoft, however, with colourful insider's accounts of Phelps' relationships with iconic business leaders such as IBM's Lou Gerstner to GE's Jack Welch.
Full Description
Now in paperback, the inside story of "the greatest transformation of Microsoft since it became a multinational company" Marshall Phelps's remarkable eyewitness story offers lessons for any executive struggling with today's innovation and intellectual property challenges. Burning the Ships offers Phelps's dramatic behind-the-scenes account of how he overcame internal resistance and got Microsoft to open up channels of collaboration with other firms.Discover the never-before-told details of Microsoft's secret two-year negotiations with Red Hat and Novell that led to the world's first intellectual property peace treaty and technical collaboration with the open source community Witness the sometimes-nervous support Bill Gates and CEO Steve Ballmer gave to Phelps in turning their company around 180 degrees from market bully to collaborative industry partner Offers an extraordinary behind-the-scenes view of the high-level deliberations of the company's senior-most executives, the internal debates and conflicts among executives and rank-and-file employees alike over the company's new collaborative direction There are lessons in this book for executives in every industry-most especially on the role that intellectual property can play in liberating previously untapped value in a company and opening up powerful new business opportunities in today's era of "open innovation." Here is a powerful inside account of the dawn of a new era at what is arguably the most powerful technology company on earth.
Contents
About the Authors. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Chapter 1 The Collaboration Imperative. Chapter 2 Like Cortez Burning His Ships. Chapter 3 Money Isn't Money Anymore. Chapter 4 A Very Secret Mission. Chapter 5 Leadership Starts at the Top. Chapter 6 The Road Ahead (with Apologies to Bill Gates). Index.
