Last week in Globalisation and IS lecture we looked at the digital divide in the world. There was an interesting article from Financial Times which focuses on how efforts to spread IT’s reach is progressing. More interestingly, a comment made by the president of Cisco Systems’ emerging markets group made me rethink about the role […]

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The technology is just one component in competitive strategy and that the way in which it is used and embedded in an organisation’s processes and strategies are what gives companies a competitive advantage. Amazon.com gained a sustainable competitive
advantage against its competitors. However, its advantage is multi-dimensional. It is a global brand with a broad product […]

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