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100 1 _aFRANCALANCI, Chiara
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245 1 0 _aInternet and the horizontal integration of IT Businesses
260 _c2001
520 3 _aFor information and communication technology (ICT) companies , the business opportunities arising with Internet-based technology products look like the new cash cows. However, their strategic thinking needs to be disentangled from the traditional ICT-Providing mindset, to ensure they reap long-lasting Internet technology benefits. The authors` work on the design of IT architectures revealed that in the next few years the market Internet technologies and services is likely to focus on a select number of players that offer a cost edge. To sustain their competitive advantage, ICT companies cannot rely exclusively on their technology competencies anymore. They need to strengthen their relationships with customers and become real service-based organisation. Hence, they need to become proactive at sensing their customers`needs, and, ultimately, enhancing their perceived customer value by adding content to their technology products. The more content they can add to technology, the deeper providers will horizontally integrate with their customer`business. There is evidence that their ability to deploy this horizontal integration strategy in different sectors will be a crucial success factor that will distinguish between comoditized and leading ICT firms
650 4 _aInformation Technology
_916501
650 4 _aInformation and Communication technology Companies
_918965
650 4 _aInternet service Providers
_918966
650 4 _aIT Architecture
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650 4 _aHorizontal Integration
_918968
650 4 _aInternet-based Technology Products
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700 1 _aWILLCOCKS, Leslie
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700 1 _aKERN, Thomas
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773 0 8 _tEuropean Management Journal
_g19, 2, p. 145-156
_d, 2001
_w
942 _cS
998 _a20021227
_bCassio
_cCassio
998 _a20060529
_b1047^b
_cQuiteria
999 _aConvertido do Formato PHL
_bPHL2MARC21 1.1
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