While Information Systems Can Be Used to Gain a Strategic

Multiple Choice

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?

A) Awaking a sleeping giant
B) Implementing IS poorly
C) Demonstrating bad timing
D) Running afoul of the law
E) Mobile-based alternative removes advantages