Section-1 Information Systems for Business and Beyond Questions: Link for Chapter 7 Content: https://opentextbook.site/informationsystems2019/chapter/chapter-7-does-it-matter-information-systems-introduction/
Chapter 7 questions, please answer these a sentence or two in a separate lines for each answers:
- What is the productivity paradox?
- Summarize Carr’s argument in “Does IT Matter.”
- How is the 2008 study by Brynjolfsson and McAfee different from previous studies? How is it the same?
- What does it mean for a business to have a competitive advantage?
- What are the primary activities and support activities of the value chain?
- What has been the overall impact of the Internet on industry profitability? Who has been the true winner?
- How does EDI work?
- Give an example of a semi-structured decision and explain what inputs would be necessary to provide assistance in making the decision.
- What does a collaborative information system do?
- How can IT play a role in competitive advantage, according to the 2008 article by Brynjolfsson and McAfee?
Please answer the following question in a paragraph ( 100 -150 words)
- Do some independent research on Nicholas Carr (the author of “IT Doesn’t Matter”) and explain his current position on the ability of IT to provide competitive advantage.
