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Yes, Managing IT Is Your Job

Harvard Business Review

In order to see the future more clearly, it''s almost always helpful to look back — and this certainly goes for IT and its ever-increasing impact on operations, and ultimately on competitive advantage. Information Technology Changes the Way You Compete" was a trailblazing HBR article by Warren McFarlan back in the early 1980s.

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A Board Director's Perspective on What IT Has to Get Right

Harvard Business Review

Over the last 30 years I have served a large range of organizations as either a director or a trustee with the specific role of helping them exploit IT for competitive advantage. I''m often struck by how many articles exclusively focus on new or emerging technology and their productivity or efficiency effects.