Business Computer Applications: Chapter 2

Any information system can provide a competitive advantage if it is used properly.

GrubHub Seamless (GS) gained a competitive advantage by utilizing cell phones.

Cost Leadership Strategy is one strategy to gain a competitive advantage.

There are six (6) characteristics of effective Business-IT Alignment.

Palantir is an artificial intelligence application companies use to answer questions in natural language.

IT tools used to gain a competitive advantage can be shared across multiple industries.

It is a good idea for a company to select two competitive advantage strategies.

Business environment pressures can come from which of the following:

Thomas Friedman's flatteners include which of the following:

Which of the following pressures do businesses today experience?

All of the following are strategies for competitive advantage except ___________.

Which of the following is an example of a technology pressure faced by businesses?

According to Michael Porter, the Web ______ competition, which generally _________ a firm's profitability.

Two strategies that a company can use to gain a competitive advantage are:

Which of the following is a characteristic of effective business - IT alignment?

Porter's _____ help(s) companies identify general strategies, whereas his _____ help(s) to identify specific activities where companies can use the strategies for greatest impact.

New technologies can produce new products very _____, which _____ the threat from substitute products.

Today's customers have ________.

Which of the following organizational responses to various business pressures? (select all that apply)

According to Porter's Value Chain Model, which of the following are considered support activities? (select all that apply)