{"id":23,"date":"2014-01-28T20:55:50","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T20:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholascarr.com\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2022-07-13T10:58:57","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T16:58:57","slug":"does-it-matter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholascarr.com\/?page_id=23","title":{"rendered":"Does IT Matter?"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Intellectually engaging.” \u2014Financial Times<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

“Hugely enjoyable.” \u2014Financial Review<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

“Engages the imagination and the emotions.” \u2014Boston Globe<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

A book that will change the way you think about technology and business strategy,\u00a0Does IT Matter? Information Technology and the Corrosion of Competitive Advantage<\/i>\u00a0expands and extends the arguments in Nicholas Carr’s explosive\u00a0Harvard Business Review<\/i>\u00a0article “IT Doesn’t Matter<\/a>.”\u00a0Does IT Matter?<\/i>\u00a0explains how technological, economic, and competitive forces are combining to transform the role information technology plays in business, with profound implications for IT management and investment as well as strategy and organization.<\/p>\n

\"images\"<\/a>Drawing on rich historical and contemporary examples, Carr’s seminal book lays bare the romantic myths that have come to surround computer hardware, software, and networks, and it provides practical advice for how companies can capitalize on the commoditization of IT.<\/p>\n

Purchase:
\n<\/strong>Bookstore.org<\/a>
\nAmazon.com
\n<\/a>Barnes & Noble<\/a><\/p>\n

Reviews:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Nicholas Carr has foisted an existentialist debate on the mighty information-technology industry . . . His argument is simple, powerful and yet also subtle.” \u2013The Economist<\/i><\/p>\n

“Carr lays out the simple truths of the economics of information technology in a lucid way, with cogent examples and clear analysis.” \u2013Hal Varian,\u00a0New York Times<\/em><\/p>\n

“Carr [has] performed a service in puncturing some of the starry-eyed and self-serving cant of industry insiders. ” \u2013Steven Levy,\u00a0Newsweek<\/i><\/p>\n

“Does IT Matter?<\/i>\u00a0engages the imagination and the emotions, a rare combination in a business book.” \u2013Boston Globe<\/i><\/p>\n

“Coolly written [and] intellectually engaging.” \u2013John Gapper,\u00a0Financial Times<\/em><\/p>\n

“Hugely enjoyable.” \u2013Financial Review<\/em><\/p>\n

“Does IT Matter?<\/em>\u00a0will give executives and managers a way to sift through the next wave of tech hype.”\u00a0\u2013<\/em>Rob Hof,\u00a0Business Week<\/em><\/p>\n

“Carr is . . . singlehandedly reshaping the way the business world thinks about information technology. ”\u00a0\u2013Chicago Sun-Times<\/em><\/p>\n

“An important, thought-provoking reconsideration of the role of IT in the economy and within companies.” \u2013Steve Lohr,\u00a0Strategy & Business<\/em><\/p>\n

“Widely challenged when they appeared, Mr. Carr’s arguments now fairly accurately describe today’s tech landscape, where corporate computing is widely viewed as a commodity or a utility.” \u2013Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/p>\n

“IT thinking rarely gets a contribution of this caliber. Read it.” \u2013eWeek<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Intellectually engaging.” \u2014Financial Times “Hugely enjoyable.” \u2014Financial Review “Engages the imagination and the emotions.” \u2014Boston Globe A book that will change the way you think about technology and business strategy,\u00a0Does IT Matter? Information Technology and the Corrosion of Competitive Advantage\u00a0expands and extends the arguments in Nicholas Carr’s explosive\u00a0Harvard Business Review\u00a0article “IT Doesn’t Matter.”\u00a0Does IT Matter?\u00a0explains […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4iw66-n","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholascarr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholascarr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholascarr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholascarr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholascarr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholascarr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":644,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholascarr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions\/644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholascarr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}