Learning Unit 4 - Global Information Systems

The Internet complicates communication and restricts opportunities for consumers.

As e-business matures and more companies conduct business online, consumers can engage in comparison-shopping more easily.

The increase indirect buyer-seller communication through e-business has eliminated the opportunities for intermediaries.

With a global information system (GIS) in place, a company can efficiently track production schedules.

A global information system (GIS) can be defined along two dimensions: customization and communication.

A global information system (GIS) remains unaffected irrespective of a company’s size and business needs.

Currency conversion is a challenge in global database development.

With asynchronous transmission, both parties on a network must be connected at the same time.

With the popularity of the Internet, the use of value-added networks has increased.

Operational support provided by a global information system (GIS) involves broad and long-term goals.

An organization’s structure usually determines the architecture of its global information system (GIS).

In a multinational structure, financial management is decentralized.

Local hardware and software vendors influence which applications a multinational company chooses.

In an organization with a global structure, to achieve organizational efficiency, duplicate information systems must be eliminated.

In an organization with a global structure, the headquarters has the responsibility of selling, marketing, and tailoring products to the requirements and tastes of the countries of its subsidiaries.