Best Practices to Drive Sustainable Economic Value
Through primary and secondary research, the BTM Institute advances best practices that drive financial value by collaborating with leading practitioners and academics on the following topics outlined in its Research Agenda:
- Innovation and Growth (Product/Market/Business Models, M&A, etc.)
- Sustainable Leadership, Management, Entrepreneurship
- Business Transformation through Cloud Computing
- Operational Efficiency (Business Service Management, Shared Services, etc.)
- Business Transformation through Mobility (Social Media, Consumerization of Tech, etc.)
- Governance, Investment & Risk Management
Since 2004, the BTM Institute has conducted and published extensive research programs, many of which were conducted in collaboration with academic, media, industry and government organzations. These studies include:
- BTM Convergence Index II – in collaboration with Academia
- 2008 & 2009 BTM/Baseline 500 in collaboration with Ziff Davis Enterprise
- BTM Business Agility Index in collaboration with IBM
- BTM Innovation and Operational Excellence Index
- BTM was highlighted in the 2005 GAO Congressional CIO Study: Responsibilities and Information and Technology Governance at Leading Private-Sector Companies
Media Buzz
BusinessWeek - Next: Innovation Tools & Trends
Mixing Biz with Tech: Profitable Management Mash-Ups
“A new report from the BTM Institute, a four-year-old think tank, is a thought-provoking look at how many kinds of companies can move beyond simply being innovative and toward becoming more agile, resilient, and profitable by creating a management mash-up of their business and technology teams.”
Forbes.com - Management
Technology Convergence Adds Value, Data Show
“Want to know more about why companies such as UPS, Wal-Mart and Starwood consistently best their competition? The BTM Institute, a research think tank, has released a research report showing that companies that converge business and technology reap great financial benefit when compared with those who don't.”
CIO Magazine - Management
Study Provides Evidence That Technology Execution Leads to Business Performance
“The fundamental problem when businesspeople use trendy phrases like agility, innovation, resilience and adaptability is that their meaning is not clear. Now the BTM Institute, a think tank established to study how best to manage business and technology, has come up with a definition: consistent execution, with constant growth that’s tied to financial performance.”
CIO Insight Magazine
More Evidence Alignment Pays
“The Business Technology Management Institute, a research think tank organized by Faisal Hoque, chairman and CEO of BTM Corporation, and boasting several top academics like James Cash, V. Sambamurthy and Robert Zmud, has released a study on the benefits of alignment and what the authors call "convergence," an even higher level of business-technology cooperation and coordination than mere alignment.”
