Making Technology Investments Profitable


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This book helps executives and managers increase IT project success by using a process for identifying the true ROI value for proposed IT investments, and then tracking project results against that standard. Technology ROI provides an abundance of pragmatic tips, tools, and techniques to make the process easy to understand.




Making Technology Investments Profitable


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A guide to getting the crucial business case right?every time Showing professionals how to calculate the value of typical budgeting and funding requests quickly and easily, Making Technology Investments Profitable, Second Edition applies the "Value Realization" process, using proven strategies that maximize the business payoff from IT projects. Filled with case studies, this innovative book enables managers to confidently quantify, in a matter of minutes, the true business value of funding a desired project. New edition explains how to proactively manage the conversion of a business case's value promise to its value realization Includes dozens of new case studies on realizing maximum value from IT enabled investments from various industries and around the world New checklists and tables A dedicated Web site containing additional material, case studies, chat rooms, and blogs on the value-realization process The Second Edition provides senior executives, project managers, and technical staff with new insights on how to get the crucial business case right, while also explaining how to proactively manage the conversion of the business case's value promise into the value reality of a completed project.




Creating Value Through Technology


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“Hampshire's book is aimed at the lay reader and its pages are peppered with practical advice and illustrative case studies” – Irish Times Business leaders are often too busy to familiarise themselves with the benefits and risks of technical undertakings such as new IT plans or changing digital platforms. Yet, if managed effectively, such initiatives can result in huge returns. Creating Value Through Technology provides CEOs, business owners and directors with a clear and accessible guide to the most prominent and profitable technologies that are available, allowing them to confidently implement and sustain new tech strategies. Different elements of the value chain can be supported and enhanced by different technologies – so it's important to understand how investments in tech can drive revenue growth, profitability and the valuation of a business. In this informative yet approachable book, Andrew Hampshire draws upon years of experience and an array of case studies to assess the potentiality and feasibility of different technologies in creating value based on a business's overall strategy. Andrew's book is centred around the basic levers of shareholder value creation: revenue growth, earnings growth and cash generation alongside the multiples used to value businesses. The book applies this framework to existing and burgeoning technologies, exploring where they can be best implemented and sustained to encourage growth. With Creating Value Through Technology, business leaders will discover a newfound confidence in incorporating technological strategies that will revolutionise their business for the digital age.




The Win-Win Wealth Strategy


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Build the financial future you deserve with tax-effective investing The government wants your help, and it's willing to pay handsomely. You just need to know what to do. In The Win-Win Wealth Strategy: 7 Investments the Government Will Pay You to Make, celebrated entrepreneur, investor, and bestselling author Tom Wheelwright, CPA transforms the way you think about building wealth and challenges the paradigm that tax incentives are immoral loopholes. Backed by deep research in 15 countries, he identifies seven investing strategies that are A-OK with governments worldwide and will fatten your wallet while making the world a better place. You’ll learn: How to tax-effectively invest in business, technology, energy, real estate, insurance, agriculture, and retirement accounts How to use tax incentives to help pay for your next car, house, or tuition bill Why “the rich” are not “a drain on society” and, more importantly, how to become one of them An indispensable and startlingly insightful exploration of straightforward investing strategies, The Win-Win Wealth Strategy improves your confidence in tax-effective investing, so you make better decisions with your money and supercharge your family’s generational wealth while creating jobs, developing technology and improving access to food, energy and housing.




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Time Horizons and Technology Investments


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It is frequently argued that U.S. corporations have shorter time horizons for planning and investment than their Japanese and German competitors. This argument, though widely accepted in studies of U.S. competitiveness, has rarely been examined in depth. Time Horizons and Technology Investments explores the evidence that some U.S. corporations consistently select projects biased toward short-term return and addresses factors influencing the time-related preferences of U.S. corporate managers in selecting projects for investment. It makes recommendations to policymakers and managers about policies to mitigate negative external influences and about strategies to remove internal biases toward noncompetitive decisions.




How to Make Money in Stocks: A Winning System in Good Times or Bad


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William J. O'Neil's proven investment advice has earned him millions of loyal followers. And his signature bestseller, How to Make Money in Stocks, contains all the guidance readers need on the entire investment processfrom picking a broker to diversifying a portfolio to making a million in mutual funds. For self-directed investors of all ages and expertise, William J. O'Neil's proven CAN SLIM investment strategy is helping those who follow O'Neil to select winning stocks and create a more powerful portfolio. Based on a 40-year study of the most successful stocks of all time, CAN SLIM is an easy-to-use tool for picking the winners and reducing risk in today's volatile economic environment.




Making the Compelling Business Case


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Providing the necessary background information and hands-on tools to build compelling business cases, this book will increase the reader's capability to champion new business development ideas, take them to senior management, and facilitate the decision process by understanding the key theories and practices of finance and corporate investments.




Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission


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Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission??is a practical resource that will help nonprofit professionals make smart, strategic decisions about technology.??The book shows how to??effectively manage technology and offers practical advice for decision makers and staff alike who often have little or no experience with technology. With contributions from the top experts in the nonprofit technology field, this must-have guide addresses technology planning and people. It includes the tools you need to get the work done, and the knowledge that will help you communicate better, evaluate technology investments, raise money, and more. Written in nontechnical language the book covers a broad spectrum of topics including: Achieving IT Alignment with Your Mission STEVE HEYE, YMCA of the USA Managing Technology Change DAHNA GOLDSTEIN, PhilanTech Measuring the Return on Investment of Technology BETH KANTER, trainer, blogger and consultant IT Planning and Prioritizing PETER CAMPBELL, Earthjustice Finding and Keeping the Right People JAMES L. WEINBERG and CASSIE SCARANO, Commongood Careers Budgeting For and Funding Technology SCOTT MCCALLUM and KEITH R. THODE, Aidmatrix Foundation Introduction to IT and Systems KEVIN LO and WILLOW COOK, TechSoup Global Where Are Your Stakeholders, and What Are They Doing Online? MICHAEL CERVINO, Beaconfire Consulting Effective Online Communications JOHN KENYON, nonprofit technology strategist Effective Online Fundraising MADELINE STANIONIS, Watershed The Future of IT in Nonprofits EDWARD GRANGER-HAPP, Save the Children Praise for Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission “This invaluable guide for nonprofit leaders proves that nonprofit organizations can and should embrace technology, rather than being scared of or intimidated by it!” —KRISTIE FERKETICH, SENIOR STRATEGIST, GOOGLE GRANTS, GOOGLE INC. “NTEN’s Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission can help leaders craft a technology strategy that makes sense and builds ROI while also providing inspiration for their staff and supporters!??? —JONATHON D. COLMAN, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR AND WEB EVANGELISTA, DIGITAL MARKETING, THE NATURE CONSERVANCY