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

A. World Wide WeB.

B. Digital photography

C. e-mail

D. Instant messaging

E. PCs

A. Fewer suppliers

B. Only a single supplier

C. Global suppliers

D. Local suppliers

E. More suppliers

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. It sees the organization as a social structure similar to a machine

B. It focuses on how inputs are combined to create outputs when technology changes are introduced into a company

C. It sees the firm as being infinitely malleable

D. It emphasizes group relationships, values and structures

E. It sees capital and labor as being easily substituted for one another

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

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