Title: Information technology as a competitive weapon

Authors: John Diebold

Addresses: Chairman, The Diebold Group Inc., 475 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016, USA

Abstract: Information technology – an amalgam of computers and communications – is changing the way virtually all businesses are building a new competitive edge. Information technology is coming to be recognized as a tool that chief executives, financial officers and computer system directors can steer to their organizations| advantage, yielding new strategies, increased profitability, and new business prospects. The changes are not confined to the ||information-intensive|| industries, such as banking and publishing. Information technology is changing the competitive structure of all industries and services, as rapidly as it is changing as an industry itself.

Keywords: competitive advantage; information technology; strategic management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.1986.026100

International Journal of Technology Management, 1986 Vol.1 No.1/2, pp.85 - 99

Published online: 27 May 2009 *

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