Investing in the IT that makes a competitive difference.

McAfee, A., & Brynjolfsson, E. (2008). Investing in the IT that makes a competitive difference. Harvard Business Review, 86(7-8), 7-8.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

2008

Volume

86

Issue

7-8

Pages

7-8

Link

https://hbr.org/2008/07/investing-in-the-it-that-makes-a-competitive-difference

Cited from

economics_finance, organizational_management, systems_cybernetics

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6 citations across 6 artifacts.

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Primes

• Coordination

  • This sourceFinds that IT-enabled process standardization widens performance spreads between leaders and laggards; supports the claim that shared digital coordination mechanisms (status visibility) outperform informal interpersonal coordination.

• Division of Labor
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• Environmental Coupling Strength
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• Layered Coordination & Oversight
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• Oversight Capacity
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• Systemic Fragmentation
  • The case illustrates that fragmentation costs are often invisible (clinicians don't see the alternative of integrated care) until they're measured or compared to integrated system

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