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Reinventing Organizations with Information and Communication Technologies

In: The Future International Manager

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  • Paola Bielli

    (Università Bocconi)

  • Andras Nemeslaki

    (Technical University of Budapest)

Abstract

Do information and communication technologies (ICT) matter? This question has become the big issue around which managers debate the value of ICT. Carr (2003) states that the sun is setting on information technologies as a source of strategic weapons and that they are no longer the source of competitive advantage. He suggests that ICT is becoming a utility, like electricity: simply plug into a grid and source it at the lowest cost. Yet in most everyday experience, we face a huge difficulty in getting oriented in this “seamless” digital infrastructure; day by day, managers have to make decisions that have implications on ICT budgets or are constrained by the limitations of technology, regardless of the ambitious plans of marketers and visionary strategists.

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  • Paola Bielli & Andras Nemeslaki, 2009. "Reinventing Organizations with Information and Communication Technologies," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Laszlo Zsolnai & Antonio Tencati (ed.), The Future International Manager, chapter 6, pages 94-115, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-27406-8_6
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230274068_6
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