Can IT be a source of competitive advantage for companies? In order to answer this question, first provide your definition of competitive advantage. Next, describe the process by which you would assess whether anything (any resource, including IT) can potentially be a source of competitive advantage. Then, apply that thinking to IT in order to reach a justified answer to the question of whether IT can be a source of competitive advantage for companies. Finally, choose one successful case from those discussed in class and show either how IT was the source of the success chronicled in the case or, alternatively, discuss what (if not IT) was the source of those out comes.
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