Takes an inside look at the unprecedented 1997 and 2000 reforms under ABB Gvran Lindahl, CEO of the second power plant electrical engineer who managed Percy Barnevik in late 1996. After a very successful first decade of existence in Barnevik (1988 to 1996), ABB was in the midst of the crisis in late 1997, after the combined effects of global deregulation, radical technological innovations, and unpredictable, but wide financial crisis in most emerging markets. ABB response to change its strategic direction radically in favor of knowledge and services based on the proposals of all its businesses. Implementation of such a strategy, the company took place in two bold moves. The first is a major global restructuring of ABB, in which the company has sold the production of mature businesses, such as energy and transport, and has become a world leader in areas such as industrial process automation and electrical distribution solutions. The second step was to transform ABB in growing high-tech companies, the transition from the old to the new economy, Internet services and solutions. The case consists of two mini-cases ABB distribution solutions and global information systems ABB group - two copies of that show, first hand, the pain quickly transformed huge manufacturing concern in the Internet and on the basis of power solutions for the new millennium unfolds. "Hide
by Piero Morosini Source: IMD 11 pages. Publication Date: January 1, 2000. Prod. #: IMD128-PDF-ENG
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