Exam 3: Achieving Competitive Advantage With Information Systems

A ________ is a collection of independent firms that use information technology to coordinate their value chains to produce a product or service for a market collectively.

All of the following are considered primary activities of a firm except:

A firm that locates all systems development and operations at its headquarters is using a ________ system configuration.

The inventors of a disruptive technology typically benefit the most from the technology; and it is rare that fast followers catch up quickly.

Caterpillar Corporation is example of which of the following?

Which of the following statements about network economics is not true?

The effect of the Internet has been to increase a company's bargaining power vis-à-vis its suppliers.

Which of the following is not one of the competitive forces in Porter's model?

Which of the following statements about cycle time is not true?

The Internet has intensified competitive rivalry.

What is BPM? What are the steps involved in practicing BPM?

A manufacturer of deep-sea oil rigs may be least concerned about which of these marketplace forces?

Why has the Internet made competitive rivalry more intense?

Business process reengineering involves the radical redesign of business processes.

Which of the following is not one of the four basic strategies a company can employ to deal with competitive forces?

Why should a company engage in business process reengineering? How would a company know if it needed or would gain from BPR?

Which of the following is pursuing a transnational strategy?

Which of the following industries has the lowest barrier to entry?

You are consulting with the owner of Better Bodies, a national chain of gyms. How could the use of information systems help them exert each of the four generic strategies in achieving competitive advantage?

Which of the following illustrates the use of information systems to achieve product differentiation?