Nick Carr published an article in Harvard Business Review titled "IT Doesn’t Matter." In this article‚ Carr compared IT to railroads‚ a transport mechanism. He emphasized "like any transport mechanism‚ it is far more valuable when shared than when used in isolation." Carr also added that as the ubiquity of IT grew‚ IT became more like a commodity‚ and therefore its role in strategic advantage reduced. He argued that the window for gaining competitive advantage through IT implementation is closing
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Traffic Jam Beginning Men have stepped on the moon. Now they are going from one place to another within few hours. World fastest car is able to sprint 252mph‚ but the citizens of Dhaka (sometimes) cannot reach few miles to Gulistan from Mohakhali or any other place to our destination place within hours. You must go out from your house before two or three hours to reach destination which is only 20 or 30 minutes required. Who is responsible for this? Traffic jam is that magician. Traffic jam has
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Ever had to sit in a traffic jam with absolutely nothing to do? I can almost bet you have!They are inevitable and can sneak up on you anytime‚ catching you unawares and unprepared. Most of the time you just sit and sit and watch as time moves forward at a faster pace than what you normally expect it to‚ because most of the time‚ we’re always in a hurry when we hit traffic jams and time always seems to move faster‚ and later through the day we find ourselves pressed for time. Most of the time
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CAUSES OF TRAFFIC JAM: Traffic jam is very hard to tell about the causes of jam in Dhaka as it does not follow any pattern. It is a common practice in Dhaka to blame rickshaws as the only reason for creating traffic congestion. But in reality there are several of reasons behind this problem. Effective reasons include: Significant increase in population and also in all types of vehicles All of the major export oriented Industries‚ corporate offices‚ significant number of Export Promotion Zones
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Traffic jam is a common sight in big cities like Delhi‚ Mumbai‚ Calcutta etc. This is due to increasing population of the metropolitan cities. People from far off places rush towards big cities to earn as big cities have many options and possibilities for them. Then there are permanent citizens also. So with the human traffic‚ vehicular traffic also increases. As the standard of living is becoming high everyone wants to purchase his own car. This movement of more and more cars adds fuel to the fire
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TRAFFIC JAM With the rapid increase of economical globalization and urbanization‚ more problems are brought to our attention. One of them is traffic jams which is a menace to the life of the Dhaka city dwellers. The reasons can be listed as follows- Too many vehicles‚ lack of public transportation lack of enough roads ‚ narrow roads‚ poor control of traffic system‚ lack of trained drivers‚ cheap and availability of gas‚ lack of modern transportation facilities like metro way‚ elevated expressway
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Traffic Jams Traffic jams in Vietnam only frequently take place in Hanoi capital and Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnamese people seem be accustomed to traffic congestion‚ even miss it whenever they go to other places. There is no fixed rule for the time the traffic jams to happen but it is worst during the rush hour when everyone is in a hurry to get to work or come back home. Apart from peak hours‚ the time between 9 am to 10 am and between 3 pm to 4 pm also witnesses long lines of vehicles‚ mainly
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News. Bangkok’s traffic problem has been getting worse since the government introduced a policy to refund tax for first-time car buyers. Coupled with the Thai aspiration to own a car and get some status‚ this policy has resulted in five million vehicles in a city which can only cope with less than two million cars. Once I got into a jam in downtown Bangkok‚ when I spent almost two hours moving less than a kilometre. Sometimes‚ my colleagues have arrived at work up to four hours late. I think the
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Traffic jams is one of the major problems most cities around the world face‚ especially in developing regions. Everyday‚ many citizens spend hours stuck in traffic in the city to commute to their work place or school. As a result‚ this is beginning to become a complex problem to most countries. This essay will examine the causes of traffic jams that occur in most cities. First of all‚ the primary cause for traffic jams is the poorly planned road system. Before a government decides to build a
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1/Cause of traffic jam Cities like Hanoi have all had to deal with thousands of cars running through their streets each day. Traffic congestion is a big problem for everyone within the city. The main reasons why traffic congestion occurs are more cars‚ poor road management‚ and poor practices on behalf of employers. One of the main reasons why there’s more congestion is due to more cars on the road. The adult population is increasing and therefore more people want their own personal transport
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