Why IT Matters
An Analysis of Nicholas Carr's
Harvard Business Review Article
"IT Doesn't Matter"
Does IT still matters? Nicholas Carr offered a thought-provoking theory in his 2003 Harvard Business Review Article "It Doesn't Matter". He said that Information Technology or IT doesn't matter anymore in business because it has lost its strategic edge and is now a cost that should be managed. In previous years, IT became very important to business because it changed many processes, structures and operations. In fact, companies have invested a lot of money on IT and based their strategies on it. Nicholas Carr, however, suggests that IT as a strategic tool has lost its business value because of its availability, uniformity and affordability. Also, he said that IT has become a cost that should be managed conservatively so that a company can be competitive. These are my opinion on the points Carr made in his article:
1. Information Technology's strategic importance has lessened......
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