Discussion: Use of Information Resources
Discussion: Use of Information Resources
Connecting intelligent devices
Justify IT Expenditures
Return on investment
Increase in productivity and better decision quality
Competitive position
Competitive position
Added value Creation of relationships
Automated information exchange
Target of Systems
Organization Organization/ Group
Individual manager/ Group
Business processes
Customer/ Supplier relationships
Customer/ Employee/ supplier ecosystem
Intelligent devices
Information Models
Application specific
Data driven User driven Business driven
Knowledge driven
People driven (or relationship driven)
Data exchange driven
Dominant Technology
Mainframe, “centralized intelligence”
Minicomputer, mostly “centralized intelligence”
Microcomputer, “decentralized intelligence”
Client server, “distributed intelligence”
Internet, global “ubiquitous intelligence”
Social platforms, social networks, mobile, cloud
Intelligent devices, sensors, electronics
Basis of Value
Scarcity Scarcity Scarcity Plenitude Plenitude Hyperplenitude
Underlying Economics
Economics of information bundled with economics of things
Economics of information bundled with economics of things
Economics of information bundled with economics of things
Economics of information separated from economics of things
Economics of information separated from economics of things
Economics of relationships bundled with economics of information
Economics of informa tion bundled with economics of things
4 Adapted from M. Broadbent, P. Weill, and D. Clair. “The Implications of Information Technology Infrastructure for Business Process Redesign,” MIS Quarterly 23, no. 2 (1999), 163.
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36 Strategic Use of Information Resources
cloud computing sparked new value sources such as community and social business and the Internet of Things (connecting intelligent devices, sensors, and other electronics).
The Information System Strategy Triangle introduced in Chapter 1 reflects the linkages between a firm’s IS strat- egy, organizational strategy, and business strategy. A link between IS strategy and business strategy focuses on the firm’s external requirements whereas a link between IS strategy and organizational strategy fulfills and enhances internal requirements of the firm. Maximizing the effectiveness of the firm’s neral managers.
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