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Four High-performance Opportunities for CIOs (February 2004)
Information technology is becoming an ever larger part of the economy. Driving this trend is the increasing importance of managing information technology to ensure high performance across business cycles.

Ten Ways to Use Enterprise Solutions to Achieve Higher Performance Levels (March 2004)
In many organizations, enterprise systems have an impact on the performance of practically every single employee. So it is no wonder that they can have a significant impact on an organization’s ability to achieve higher levels of performance.

Achieving Higher Performance at Mobile Operators - A CEO’s Challenge (April 2004)
Is it time for mobile operator CEOs to tear up their existing operating model? Most of the current generation of CEOs have initially decided the answer is no.

Back to Systems Delivery Basics with Five Methodology Imperatives (April 2004)
The paradox of systems delivery today is that as business and technology environments become ever more complex, the methods that drive delivery must become even simpler. But how to go about it?

How Camera Phones can Give Eyesight to Call Centers (April 2004)
Camera phones present both interesting opportunities and formidable challenges for businesses and government agencies.

The First Half Is Up: Evaluating Leadership Styles and Performance in the European Mobile Industry (May 2004)
Research Accenture conducted among CEOs at a number of European mobile operators has enabled us to identify four key leadership types.

Will It Be Evolutionary or Revolutionary? Making Change Happen at Mobile Operators (May 2004)
A majority of mobile operators today appear to have settled for tactical optimization while waiting to see if a major threat would emerge to justify stronger action. This status quo cannot suffice for much longer.

Beyond Benchmarking - The Role of IT Diagnostics in High-performance Businesses (May 2004)
Senior executives are increasingly concerned with how they can get maximum business value from the money they spend on information technology.

Creating an Operating Model for High Performance - The Role of Outsourcing (May 2004)
Accenture research identifies the most critical factors to delivering the greatest possible total return to shareholders over an extended period of time – the hallmark of a high-performance business.

Post-merger Integration Myths Versus High-performance Realities(July 2004)
Twenty years ago, few companies made acquisitions a key element of strategy; acquisitions were often an afterthought or episodic. Today, the world has changed.

Fast-improving Speech Recognition Technology Pushes Dramatic Business Innovations (July 2004)
Speech recognition technology has finally come of age. People are becoming accustomed to using automatic speech recognition to conduct an ever-widening range of transactions, including when calling major airlines, banks and retailers.

Taking a Structured Approach to Application Sourcing Options for High Performance (July 2004)
The success of application development and maintenance outsourcing initiatives to enable high performance has been amply proven to the satisfaction of most C-level executives.

Reducing Outsourcing Risk: A CFO Perspective (October 2004)
Accenture has outlined an approach to help CFOs make outsourcing decisions that will support the development of key finance capabilities of high-performance businesses.

Is the Verdict Finally in on the Value of IT on Productivity and High Performance? (October 2004)
Spectacular increases in productivity are starting to become commonplace. Accenture research indicates that these are led by information technology and are sustainable because certain key forces have reached critical mass.

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