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标题: 要考试的快来讨论呀GWD-11-22-25,最近考題有 出現過 [打印本页]

作者: sarah81    时间: 2004-11-10 12:01
标题: 要考试的快来讨论呀GWD-11-22-25,最近考題有 出現過

再次討論it這道,最近又考了 。。




      Most pre-1990 literature on busi-


       nesses’ use of information technology


       (IT)—defined as any form of computer-


Line       based information system—focused on


  (5)       spectacular IT successes and reflected


a general optimism concerning IT’s poten-


tial as a resource for creating competitive


advantage.  But toward the end of the


1980’s, some economists spoke of a


(10)       “productivity paradox”:  despite huge IT


investments, most notably in the service


sectors, productivity stagnated.  In the


retail industry, for example, in which IT


had been widely adopted during the


(15)       1980’s, productivity (average output per


hour) rose at an average annual rate of


1.1 percent between 1973 and 1989, com-


pared with 2.4 percent in the preceding


25-year period.  roponents of IT argued


(20)      that it takes both time and a critical mass


       of investment for IT to yield benefits, and


       some suggested that growth figures for


the 1990’s proved these benefits were


finally being realized.  They also argued


(25)      that measures of productivity ignore what


would have happened without investments


in IT—productivity gains might have been


even lower.  There were even claims that


IT had improved the performance of the


(30)       service sector significantly, although mac-


roeconomic measures of productivity did


not reflect the improvement.


      But some observers questioned why,


       if IT had conferred economic value, it did


(35)      not produce direct competitive advantages


for individual firms.  Resource-based


theory offers an answer, asserting that,


in general, firms gain competitive advan-


tages by accumulating resources that are


(40)       economically valuable, relatively scarce,


and not easily replicated.  According to


a recent study of retail firms, which con-


firmed that IT has become pervasive


and relatively easy to acquire, IT by


(45)      itself appeared to have conferred little


advantage.  In fact, though little evidence


of any direct effect was found, the fre-


quent negative correlations between IT


and performance suggested that IT had


(50)       probably weakened some firms’ compet-


itive positions.  However, firms’ human


resources, in and of themselves, did


explain improved performance, and


some firms gained IT-related advan-


(55)      tages by merging IT with complementary


resources, particularly human resources.


The findings support the notion, founded


in resource-based theory, that competi-


tive advantages do not arise from easily


(60)       replicated resources, no matter how


impressive or economically valuable


they may be, but from complex, intan-


gible resources.


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Q22:      


The passage is primarily concerned with


              



  • describing a resource and indicating various methods used to study it

  • presenting a theory and offering an opposing point of view

  • providing an explanation for unexpected findings

  • demonstrating why a particular theory is unfounded

  • resolving a disagreement regarding the uses of a technology

  • Answer: E


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    Q23:


    The passage suggests that proponents of resource-based theory would be likely to explain IT’s inability to produce direct competitive advantages for individual firms by pointing out that


                  



  • IT is not a resource that is difficult to obtain

  • IT is not an economically valuable resource

  • IT is a complex, intangible resource

  • economic progress has resulted from IT only in the service sector

  • changes brought about by IT cannot be detected by macroeconomic measures

  • Answer:A


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    Q24:      


    The author of the passage discusses productivity in the retail industry in the first paragraph primarily in order to


                  



  • suggest a way in which IT can be used to create a competitive advantage

  • provide an illustration of the “productivity paradox”

  • emphasize the practical value of the introduction of IT

  • cite an industry in which productivity did not stagnate during the 1980’s

  • counter the argument that IT could potentially create competitive advantage

  • Answer: c OR B ?


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    Q25:


    According to the passage, most pre-1990 literature on businesses’ use of IT included which of the following?




  • Recommendations regarding effective ways to use IT to gain competitive advantage

  • Explanations of the advantages and disadvantages of adopting IT

  • Information about ways in which IT combined with human resources could be used to increase competitive advantage

  • A warning regarding the negative effect on competitive advantage that would occur if IT were not adopted

  • A belief in the likelihood of increased competitive advantage for firms using IT

  • Answer: e


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    大家的答案是什么呢??欢迎讨论


    作者: sarah81    时间: 2004-11-10 14:58
    Pippi ??help pls..
    作者: BoatOnTheRiver    时间: 2004-11-17 08:02
    标题: My answers...

    My choices are:


    1.E       2.A       3.B         4.E



    作者: garving2001    时间: 2004-11-17 08:27
    the first should be C in my opinion. it has been discussed before.
    作者: BoatOnTheRiver    时间: 2004-11-18 02:21
    Thank you garving2001. I think you are right :-) C it is for the first question.




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