Which of the following best illustrates the use of information systems to focus on market niche?

A. Creating new opportunities for building loyal customer bases

B. Enabling the development of new services

C. Lowering transaction costs

D. Making information available to everyone

E. Making more products available

A. Fewer suppliers

B. Only a single supplier

C. Global suppliers

D. Local suppliers

E. More suppliers

A. Divisionalized bureaucracies.

B. Professional bureaucracies

C. Machine bureaucracies

D. Entrepreneurial structures

E. Adhocracies

A. Keep track of the temperature within its data centers

B. Analyze the performance of its intranet

C. Identify external events that may affect it

D. Transform inputs into products and services

E. Develop a unified organizational culture

A. World Wide WeB.

B. Digital photography

C. e-mail

D. Instant messaging

E. PCs

A. Entrepreneurial structure

B. Unified, profit-maximizing entity

C. "Nexus of contracts" among self-interested individuals

D. Entrepreneurial endeavor

E. Task force organization that must respond to rapidly changing environments

A. Strengthen ties to its customers

B. Focus on market niche

C. Achieve low-cost leadership.

D. Simplify the industry value chain

E. Develop synergies