Objectives:

$$ Define the differences between the on$-$demand and sharing economies and the six business objectives IT should focus on to enhance organizational performance, growth, and sustainability.

$$ Explain the role of IT in improving business processes. Understand the concepts of business process reengineering and competitive advantage.

$$ Describe how IT is disrupting the way that companies operate, the IT megatrends that are driving organizational performance, growth, and sustainability and how COVID$-19$ is accelerating digital transformation.

$$ Describe how IT is disrupting the way that companies operate, the IT megatrends that are driving organizational performance, growth, and sustainability and how COVID$-19$ is accelerating digital transformation.

$$ Answer each of the following questions using the chapter $1$ Case $1\mathrm{.}1.$

$$ Each response must be in enough detail that fully demonstrates your understanding of the chapter objectives.

$1.$ In what ways are the Uber and Airbnb business similar or different?

$2.$ What challenges did Uber and Airbnb face when they went $$global$?$

$3.$ What growth strategies are benefiting the global success of Uber and Airbnb? How do they differ?

$4.$ How has technology helped or hindered Uber and Airbnb in the growth of their global business?

$5.$ In what ways has the COVID$-19$ pandemic impacted Uber and Airbnb?

$6.$ Submit as a word document to assignment $1$ in D$2$L$.$