Why IT Really Does Matter

A recent Harvard Business Journal article by Nicholas Carr entitled
IT Doesn’t Matter
is rebutted by Michael Schrage in CIO Magazine in Why IT Really Does Matter.

I’d say that good IT management is scarce enough to be relevant. The evidence: The ever-growing list of IT failures, many of which are for projects “that have been done before.” On the positive side, consider companies in commoditized industries, for which IT management is the only explanatory variable. (Schrage cites some good examples.)

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