Tuck launches European chapter of roundtable on digital strategies
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—June 8, 2007
CONTACT: Kim Keating, 603-646-2733
HANOVER, N.H.—The Center for Digital Strategies at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth today announced the launch of a new European chapter of its Thought Leadership Roundtable on Digital Strategies, with nine European-based firms joining as initial members. The roundtable meets regularly, with CIOs and senior executive colleagues from Global 1000 companies gathering to discuss commonly faced business issues and the enabling role of information technology.
The initial members of the new European chapter include ABB, BMW, BT, Credit Suisse, Erste Bank, Hilti, Holcim, Nestlé, and Novartis. They join the roundtable's U.S.-based members, 3M, Bechtel, Cargill, Carlson, Cisco Systems, Eastman Chemical, Eaton, General Motors, Hasbro, IBM, ING (U.S.), and SYSCO.
The roundtable will now meet four times a year with the U.S. and European chapters meeting jointly every fall (alternating European and U.S. hosts). Additionally the European chapter will meet on its own each spring and the U.S. group will continue to meet in the winter and early summer. Member companies take turns hosting the meetings.
"Our U.S.-based member companies urged us to expand the roundtable membership to include global corporations based in Europe," said Hans Brechbühl, executive director of the Center for Digital Strategies. "We're really pleased to have pulled together a great group of European companies and look forward to the interaction and best practice sharing."
The Roundtable on Digital Strategies series delivers engages CIOs and their VP colleagues from other functions in frank discussion and collaboration, enabling them to further their thinking on the topic while benchmarking with peers from other industries. The aim of the series is to share best practices, discuss challenges, and examine possible leading-edge solutions.
"European CIOs face many of the same issues as their U.S. counterparts, with increased pressure to contribute to top-line growth while driving bottom line increases through flawless execution of information utilities ," said M. Eric Johnson, director of the center. "However, the stakeholder landscape and regulatory environment of Europe presents rich complexities that many U.S. CIOs are just beginning to face."
The roundtable series is run by the Center for Digital Strategies with the guidance of a newly expanded executive committee from ABB, Bechtel, BMW, BT, Cargill, Cisco Systems, Hasbro, and Nestlé.
The Center for Digital Strategies promotes the development and practice of digital strategies—the use of technology-enabled processes to harness an organization's unique competencies, support its business strategy, and drive competitive advantage. Through its programs and research, the center examines the impact of technology on all aspects of management and strategy, including supply chain, marketing, and product development. The center also addresses issues throughout the extended enterprise, including globalization, organizational change, and information security.
To learn more about the roundtable series or access the content overviews from the series, visit the Digital Strategies website or contact the center at 603-646-0899.
Founded in 1900, Tuck is the first graduate school of management and consistently ranks among the top business schools worldwide. Tuck remains distinctive among the world's great business schools by combining human scale with global reach, rigorous coursework with experiences requiring teamwork, and valued traditions with innovation.
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