
The focus of this book is to educate the reader on the strategic principles fundamental to using information technology to gain market control. It provides case examples of how to use IT to enhance existing core competencies and strategies. The book is designed to help managers struggling with how to advantageously harness the new information revolution. It can also support executive and business education programs on managing technology when few such studies exist. While Internet and information technologies are currently hot topics many firms and executives are without the tools and know-how of how to actually use them to improve results. Some major firms have sophisticated strategies for using information technology to impact, control and even own their competitive environments. This book describes how major non-information technology companies are doing this and the strategic principles employed.
This book investigates the strategic principles and methodologies that allow firms to leverage information technology to secure market control and competitive advantage. William V. Rapp, drawing on his expertise in business management and technology integration, provides a framework for executives to transition from viewing IT as a support function to utilizing it as a core driver of corporate strategy. The text synthesizes observations from major non-IT companies that have successfully manipulated their competitive environments through sophisticated technological implementation.
What You Will Find
Scope Limits
Experts identify this text as a practical resource for managers seeking to bridge the gap between high-level business strategy and technological execution. Readers frequently note that the book provides a clear, non-technical perspective on how established firms maintain market dominance through digital infrastructure.
Page Count:
303
Publication Date:
2002-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
019028739X
ISBN-13:
9780190287399
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