This book analyzes case studies of failed digital strategies and explores approaches to success. - Title: The Essence of Failure in BCG's Company-Wide Digital Strategy - Publisher: Nikkei BP - Author: Boston Consulting Group - Content: Analysis and approaches to digital strategy - Number of pages: Approximately 250 pages Many companies in various industries are failing in their IT and digital investments. This is not limited to Japan, but it is a significant issue there. Japanese companies and people are earnest, disciplined, quality-conscious, and willing to go beyond their assigned roles to help others. Despite this culture, why do they end up doing things that are unproductive? Why do they go astray? Why does productivity suffer? Japanese companies urgently need to learn the mindset for utilizing IT and digital technologies in their management, as well as how to think about optimal investment. Simply learning the correct principles and methods is not enough. They must understand the content of past failures, the reasons for those failures, and how to avoid them, in order to optimize their investments. In other words, they need to learn from failures and reduce them. A vicious cycle is occurring due to the pursuit of only operational and cost efficiency in IT and digital investments. The author hopes to break free from this low-level equilibrium and achieve "internalization," where all companies can freely utilize IT and digital technologies within their own organizations, leading to business growth. (Excerpt from the "Introduction") Thank you for reading.