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As information technology’s
power and ubiquity have
grown, its strategic
IT Doesn’t Matter
importance has diminished.
The way you approach IT by Nicholas G. Carr
investment and management
will need to change
dramatically. With Letters to the Editor
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1 Article Summary
The Idea in Brief—the core idea
The Idea in Practice—putting the idea to work
2 IT Doesn’t Matter
10 Further Reading
A list of related materials, with annotations to guide further
exploration of the article’s ideas and applications
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HBR AT LARGE
IT Doesn’t Matter
electrical usage—but even a brief lapse in consists of employees’ e-mails and files that
supply can be devastating. Today, an IT dis- have little relevance to making products or
ruption can prove equally paralyzing to serving customers.
your company’s ability to make products,
deliver services, and satisfy customers.
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