Must be authentic answer each question at 400 words per questions with citations.
The questions below are based on the following three case studies of systems/services development initiatives. Apply the content of Chapters 13 and 14 (Laudon, Laudon, and Traver. Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, 18th Edition, Pearson, ©2026. ISBN-13: 9780138344245.), plus your own independent research into the concepts, notions, and theories in these two chapters to address these questions.
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Questions:
1. Assess the management, organization, and technology factors that contributed to each organization’s pre- IT-initiative condition.
2. What were the key risk factors of each systems initiative? How well did each organization control, or plan to control, these risks? What would you have done additionally or differently to manage these risks?
3. How did each IT initiative help align the organization better with its goals? What business value was achieved in each instance?
(You may apply one or more of the following concepts in your analysis for this question: Porter’s competitive forces model, the value chain model, synergies, core competencies, and network economics.)