How might the Internet, intranets, and extranets affect the business drivers or requirements responsible for a company€™s use of global IT, as shown in Figure? Give several examples to illustrate youranswer.

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Comparing Global B usiness/TT Strategies Global . Autonomous operations e Region specific e Vertical integration . Specific customers e Captive manufacturing e Custome . Global sourcing Virtual business operations via zlobal alliances e Multiregional Horizontal integration Some transparency of customers.Globa and production Some cross region e World markets and mass . . l e-commerce and customer service e alization r segmentation and Transparent manufacturing e Global supply chain and logistics .Dynamic resource management dedication by region and plant .Stand-alone systems . Decentralized/no standards . Regional decentralization Logically consolidated, physically distributed, Internet connected . Interface dependent Heavy reliance on interfaces Multiple dancy, and duplication of services Reduced duplication of operations Internet, intranet, extranet, and and operations . Some consolidation of applications Common global data resources and use of common systems Integrated global enterprise systems Web-based applications standards high redun- e Some worldwide IT standards * Lack o f common systems and data . Transnational IT policies and