Title
Implementing information technology for competitive advantage: risk management issues
Abstract
As the use of information technology (IT) has expanded, managers of organizations have come to realize that IT can be used to gain, sustai, or combat competitive advantage. The implementation of IT involves significant risks both from external sources and from the technology and process of implementation. Risk management is the science and art of recognizing the existence of threats, determining their consequences on resources, and applying modifying factors in a cost-effective manner to keep adverse consequences within bounds. Strategies for handling risk necessarily address one or more of the components of risks identified here. The appropriate strategy depends on the nature of the risk and other situational variables that influence the organization's range of choices. This paper discusses approaches to risk analysis appropriate for IT and contains some suggested tools for risk analysis and management.
Year
DOI
Venue
1994
10.1016/0378-7206(94)90066-3
Information & Management
Keywords
Field
DocType
risk management,value chain,competitive advantage,implementing information technology,information technology,risk management issue
Enterprise risk management,Risk analysis (business),Competitive advantage,Operations research,Knowledge management,IT risk,Risk analysis (engineering),Risk management information systems,Risk management,IT risk management,Engineering,Factor analysis of information risk
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
26
5
Information & Management
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
11
1.10
6
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ronald E. McGaughey, Jr.1111.10
Charles A. Snyder225024.09
Houston H. Carr340163.21