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How Software Is Helping Big Companies Dominate

Harvard Business Review

Walmart went from a 3% share of the general merchandise retail market in 1982 to over 50% today. And the amount they spend on proprietary software is huge — $250 billion in 2016, nearly as much as they invested in physical capital net of depreciation. IT Does Matter. How Big Companies Benefit. Why, then, did Apple prevail?