Homework #2(Chapter 3-5) Due May 28, 2012

Name:

SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. 1)
________ is the ability to offer individually tailored products and services using the same production resources as mass production.
1)
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2)
A(n) ________ is an activity at which a firm excels as a world-class leader.
2)
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3)
The ________ is a collection of independent firms that use information technology to coordinate their value chains to collectively produce a product or service for a market.
3)
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4)
________ refers to the existence of laws that permit individuals to recover damages done to them by other actors, systems, or organizations.
4)
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5)
The ________ model prohibits an organization from collecting any personal information unless the individual specifically takes action to approve information collection and use.
5)
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6)
________ can boost server utilization rates to 70 percent or higher.
6)
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7)
A(n) ________ activity is a part of the organization's infrastructure, human resources, technology, and procurement that makes the delivery of the firm's products or services possible.
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8)
________ is permission given with knowledge of all the facts needed to make a rational decision.
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9)
________ computing is an industry-wide effort to develop systems that can configure, optimize, tune, heal, and protect themselves from outside intruders and self-destruction.
9)
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10)
A(n) ________ company uses networks to link people, assets, and ideas, enabling it to work with other companies to create products and services without being limited by traditional organizational boundaries or physical locations.
10)
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