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Excerpt from Investing in New Information Technology: The Role of Competitive Posture and Issue Diagnosis Strategy research has only recently begun to shift from a focus on 'tactical' difficulties surrounding the commercialization of new technology to 'strategic' problems of how technology can shape and support corporate strategy (pappas, 1984; Pavitt, Within this movement, an important question is: Why do firms facing similar situations respond differently particularly in the way they seize or fail to seize upon the strategic implications of technology innovations? The few theoretical attempts to link strategic responses to technological changes have not led to any integrated, generalizable answers to this question. However, they have pointed to the value of a decision making perspective that directs our attention to managerial interpretations (morone. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.