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Change Webcor’s Ability to Encourage IT Adoption
Chapter 3
- How might developing whole IT systems themselves, rather than adopting already developed solutions and integrating them using APIs, change Webcor’s ability to encourage IT adoption?
- What obstacles do companies face when developing customized IT systems themselves? Under what circumstances does it make sense?
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