Does IT matter?
A debate on the worth of information technology (IT) has been raised by Nicholas Carr, a junior editor at the Harvard Business Review. Carr's argument that “IT doesn't matter” is simple, powerful, and subtle. He does not deny that IT has the potential to transform entire societies and economies, b...
| Publicado en: | Economist Vol. 371; pp. 70 - 71 |
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| Formato: | Artículo |
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Economist Newspaper Limited
4/3/2004
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