Creating Value Through Technology: Discover the Tech That Can Transform Your Business

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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.

Andrew Hampshire is a highly experienced operations and technology leader. He is currently Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer at Gresham House Plc, a UK-based specialist investment management business. He started his career building software before moving into financial services where he led large-scale programmes. He then spent a number of years working with the boards and management teams of portfolio companies to drive growth and create shareholder value. He is a regular speaker at industry events and has a passion for helping businesses unlock the power of technology to create value.

Accessible to all business leaders, whatever their level of expertise -- Business & Management Hampshire's book is aimed at the lay reader and its pages are peppered with practical advice and illustrative case studies. -- Irish Times