INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PUTS POWER IN CONTROL SYSTEMS

A new regulation takes effect: some companies respond quickly; others can't. Budget guidelines are changed: some companies distribute them immediately; others can't. The difference is information technology. Applied imaginatively, it can transform the way businesses collect and use data.

• Corporate Authors:

  Harvard University

  School of Business Addministration, Soldiers Field
  Boston, MA  United States  02163
• Authors:
  • Bruns Jr, W J
  • McFarlan, F W
• Publication Date: 1987-9

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 89
• Serial:
  • HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
  • Volume: 65
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Chrysler Corporation

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Control systems; Data management; Information processing; Information systems; Management information systems
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00474141
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1987 12:00AM