Does It Matter? Information Technology and the Corrosion of Competitive Advantage

Name: Does It Matter? Information Technology and the Corrosion of Competitive Advantage
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ISBN: 9781591394440

ISBN-10: 1591394449

ISBN-13: 9781591394440

Edition: 2004

Authors: Nicholas G. Carr

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A bold and controversial manifesto on where information technology is headed, how its role in business strategy will dramatically change, and what this all means for business managers and IT suppliersDoes IT Matter provides the first cogent explanation of IT's dramatically changing business role, its levelling influence on competition, and the practical implications for business managers and IT suppliers.A convincing manifesto on one of the most important business phenomena of our time, "Does IT Matter?" will play a central role in our ongoing debate about the future of IT.

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Publication date: 5/18/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Preface: The Great Debate



Technological Transformations: The Rise of a New Business Infrastructure



Laying Tracks: The Nature and Evolution of Infrastructural Technologies



An Almost Perfect Commodity: The Fate of Computer Hardware and Software



Vanishing Advantage: Information Technology's Changing Role in Business



The Universal Strategy Solvent: The IT Infrastructure's Corrosive Effect on Traditional Advantages



Managing the Money Pit: New Imperatives for IT Investment and Management



A Dream of Wonderful Machines: The Reading, and Misreading, of Technological Change


Notes


Bibliography


Index


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