Posted: February 2nd, 2015

IT advantages

IT advantages
Project description
Assignment: The article “The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy,” from Harvard Business Review, presents a comprehensive view of how five major competitive forces shape the industry and strategic planning of businesses. Each force has specific ways that shape competition, which may influence strategy.

Write a 1,050 -word paper on the relationship between IT and a company’s competitive advantage or strategy.

Identify and briefly describe five specific areas where IT represents a risk to a company’s competitive advantage.

Identify and briefly describe five specific areas in which IT may support or promote a company’s competitive advantage.

Select a disadvantage you identified, and provide a detailed scenario of how it would occur and what steps might be taken to reduce the risk.

Select an advantage you identified and provide a detailed scenario of how it could be leveraged to improve a company’s competitive advantage