Exam 2: Strategic Use of Information Resources in a Global Economy

Zara's strategically uses information technologies to do all of the following EXCEPT:

A firm releases a new technology only to have a competitor implement a similar technology with more features and value to the consumer.This would be which type of risk?

For a company whose main product is information (like a financial services company),the company must co-create its ________ strategy and ________ strategy.

Explain how Zara has aligned its information systems strategy with its business strategy

Which "view," applied in the area of Information Systems,helps identify two subsets of information resources: those that enable a firm to attain competitive advantage and those that enable a firm to sustain the advantage over the long-term?

A firm's IS strategy and business strategy focus more on its external requirements than internal requirements.

While information systems can be used to gain a strategic advantage,they have inherent risks.Hershey Foods,for example,crippled its Halloween sales when its complex IS system failed to support its supply and inventory needs during peak production season.This is an example of which specific IS risk?

Match the technology with the era it dominated.

Facebook offers services that many individuals have adapted to,making it difficult for them to choose another social networking site.It can be said that Facebook has protected itself from which competitive force?

Match Zara's support activity to the Porter's value chain activity it represents.

This risk of using information resources must be carefully considered by managers due to the rapid spread of applications on smartphones and tablet devices.

The Nike + iPod Sports Kit is a sensor in your shoe that syncs with your iPod and provides details about your workout.This inter-organizational relationship affords both Nike and Apple a business advantage. This relationship between Nike and Apple is best described as:

Information resources are defined as the available data,technology,people,and ______ available in an organization to be used by managers to complete business tasks.

Over the different eras,organizations have adapted their information systems strategy as technologies have matured.Place these different needs satisfied by information systems in order of maturity.In other words,which need is most likely the first need to be satisfied by an organization?

Unlike most assets,information resources do not lose value over time.

Match Zara's primary activity to the Porter's value chain activity it represents.

Kodak was once the largest supplier of photographic film.In 2004 it was dropped from the Dow Jones Industrial Average after having been listed for 74 years.Kodak failed to use IT to fend off which one of the following of Porter's 5 competitive forces?

This IT asset is business data that has been captured,organized and made available to an organization.

Two automobile manufacturers are working together to develop hybrid technology.This type of relationship between the two automobile manufacturers is best described as:

The Resource-Based View helps determine whether a firm's strategy has created value. Unlike Porter's Competitive Forces framework,this view maintains that competitive advantage comes from the ________________ and other resources of the firm.