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Managing information effectively: a cross industry perspective

Managing information effectively is a series of four reports focused on strategies for managing information flow and security across and within sectors. Each report focuses on one of four sectors: healthcare, government and public sector; retail banking and discrete manufacturing.

Broadening healthcare access in Brazil through innovation

This is a research report written by the Economist Intelligence Unit, sponsored by Roche.  Brazil's economy is booming on the back of deepening credit markets, a growing middle class and rising investment in physical infrastructure, but serious shortcomings in its healthcare sector represent one of the key constraints on attaining developed-country standards of prosperity.  Making the healtcare sector more effective--and innovative--will require sweeping changes to the business practices of healthcare providers and life science companies.

The CIO as innovation leader

This research programme, sponsored by Fujitsu, features a video webcast and Executive insight. The webcast brings together an expert panel of practitioners:

Andrew Abboud, Chief Information Officer, City University London

Under pressure

  • The CIO’s role is expected to become increasingly strategic as IT adoption accelerates… Many healthcare CIOs already occupy “dramatically more strategic” positions within their organisations than a decade ago: “We create solutions that speak to key business issues such as competitiveness and patient safety—many more areas that we previously did not get actively involved in,” says one interviewee. Currently, however, the survey shows only a minority are involved in boardroom discussions on any major strategic initiative.

Next-Generation CIOs

For several years, chief executive officers (CIOs) have championed business efficiency. Their focus has been largely on operational goals, such as keeping IT and operations running smoothly and reducing related costs, while enabling business processes to support their company’s strategy for growth and profitability.

Knowledge management in manufacturing

European manufacturers have long recognised that, much like their service industry peers, they find themselves competing in a knowledge economy. Companies both large and small possess vast amounts of knowledge spread across countless structured and unstructured sources, and the pace of acquisition is growing exponentially as technology facilitates the rapid exchange of information.

Europe's digital dividend

The EU is making progress in harmonising digital dividend spectrum for mobile broadband usage, but operators may have to wait longer than they would like to get their hands on it.

A network shared

The rewards of network sharing are too big for mobile operators and regulators to ignore, both in developing and in mature markets.

To invest or not to invest

This report from the Economist Intelligence Unit and sponsored by Oracle looks at 17 countries in the region in terms of how the global economic slowdown has affected their digital development plans. It considers the effect of the slowdown on governments' ICT budgets, areas that are being focused on—and why—and the implications of current activities for future development. It builds on a programme of desk research into countries' ICT policies and a series of interviews with government officials, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and other ICT experts.

The intelligent enterprise

The intelligent enterprise: creating a culture of speedy and effi cient decision-making is an Economist Intelligence Unit report sponsored by CSC and Oracle.

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