What Are the Implications for Firms That Do Not Have

question 18

Multiple Choice

What are the implications for firms that do not have common database systems with consistent formats across their enterprise?

• A) They can save infrastructural and operational costs.
• B) They can expect to leverage economies of scale by serving more customers.
• C) They can hedge against the risk of data redundancy.
• D) They struggle to manage their value chain efficiently.
• E) They profit from the aggregation of diverse data sets and enhance their repositories.

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