MGS 565LEC - Strategy and Policy for IT Firms

Value network for IT firms and Determinants of business performance; Leveraging information technologies to support the Content, Co-ordination, Commerce, Communication and Community (5-Cs) of IT firms; The creation and transformation of goods and services through emerging technologies; Economic issues surrounding emerging technologies and their potential; Impact on organizations, markets, industries and society; Global business leverages of emerging technologies; IT Business models and their components; Sustainable IT business Strategies - Value chains, distinctive competencies, competitive strategies; Technological change and complementary assets; Valuing and financing an IT firm; Role of competitive and macro environments on IT firms; Transformational Outsourcing and business process innovations.

Credits: 3