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020			_a9781422129524 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
050	0	4	_aHD30 _b.D647 2004
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aCarr, Nicholas G., _d1959- _e1
245	1	0	_aDoes IT matter? : _binformation technology and the corrosion of competitive advantage / _cNicholas G. Carr.
260			_aBoston : _bHarvard Business School Press, _c(c)2004.
300			_a1 online resource (xvii, 193 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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505	0	0	_aTechnological transformations: the rise of a new business infrastructure -- _tLaying tracks: the nature and evolution of infrastructural technologies -- _tAn almost perfect commodity: the fate of computer hardware and software -- _tVanishing advantage: information technology's changing role in business -- _tThe universal strategy solvent: the IT infrastructure's corrosive effect on traditional advantages -- _tManaging the money pit: new imperatives for IT investment and management -- _tA dream of wonderful machines: the reading, and misreading, of technological change.
520	1		_a"Every year, companies spend more than 2 trillion on computer and communications equipment and services. Underlying these enormous expenditures is one of modern business's most deeply held assumptions: that information technology is increasingly critical to competitive advantage and strategic success." "In this book, Nicholas G. Carr calls the common wisdom into question, contending that IT's strategic importance has actually dissipated as its core functions have become available and affordable to all. Expanding on the controversial Harvard Business Review article that provoked a storm a debate around the world, Does IT Matter? shows that IT - like earlier infrastructural technologies such as railroads and electric power - is steadily evolving from a profit-boosting proprietary resource to a simple cost of doing business." "Carr draws on convincing historical and contemporary examples to explain why innovations in hardware, software, and networking are rapidly replicated by competitors, neutralizing their strategic power to set one business apart from the pack. He shows why IT's emergence as a shared and standardized infrastructure is a natural and necessary process that may ultimately deliver huge economic and social benefits."--Jacket
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650		0	_aInformation technology.
650		0	_aTechnological innovations.
650		0	_aElectronic data processing.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=674831&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell