Articles http://www.nicholasgcarr.com/articlesmt/ en-us 2004-03-17T06:49:57-05:00 <![CDATA[<a href="http://web.mit.edu/smr/issue/2004/spring/02/index.html">In Praise of Walls</a>]]> http://www.nicholasgcarr.com/articlesmt/archives/in.shtml Why the hype about borderless companies is wrongheaded. [Spring 2004] MIT/Sloan Management Review timswan 2004-03-17T06:49:57-05:00 Partnering Is Such Sweet Sorrow http://www.nicholasgcarr.com/articlesmt/archives/partnering_is_such.shtml Is outsourcing undermining your company's strategy? Business 2.0 timswan 2004-03-11T12:51:12-05:00 The Growing Specter of Deflation http://www.nicholasgcarr.com/articlesmt/archives/the_growing_specter.shtml History shows that deflation can be the price of an economic boom. The Boston Globe timswan 2003-06-08T12:44:41-05:00 IT Doesn't Matter http://www.nicholasgcarr.com/articlesmt/archives/it_doesnt_matter.shtml As information technology's power and ubiquity have increased, its strategic importance has decreased. That has profound implications for corporate IT management. The Harvard Business Review Nick 2003-05-23T14:47:54-05:00 Secrets of Succession http://www.nicholasgcarr.com/articlesmt/archives/secrets_of_succession.shtml The hiring of CEOs has become a theater of the absurd.
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