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Exam 1: Setting the Stage: Technology and the Modern Enterprise

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Many of the careers in marketing are highly tech-centric.

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The _____ department in an organization not only ensures that systems get built and keep running but also take on strategic roles targeted at proposing solutions for how technology can give the firm a competitive edge.

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Linus Torvals created the Linux operating system.

How are entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa leveraging technologies to serve local needs? Give examples.

Uber and Airbnb are larger than any taxi firm or hotel chain on the planet. In what important way does the infrastructure used by these firms to deliver services differ from more traditional rivals?

Data analytics and business intelligence are driving discovery and innovation.

The _____ is a piece of U.S. legislation that raises executive and board responsibility and ties criminal penalties to certain accounting and financial violations.

Provide a brief overview of the different careers in the area of information systems.

Facebook was founded by Sergey Brin.

Yahoo! was started by _____ and _____.

Sales in Apple's app store are so large, that they would be ranked as a Fortune 500 firm if the figure were broken out as a firm separate from Apple.

____________________ and ____________________ are turning sophisticated, high-powered computing into a utility available to even the smallest businesses and nonprofits.

What kind of an impact has technology had in the area of human resources?

As a testament to tech's global reach, China is home to several publicly traded Internet firms, as well as a firm that was considered the largest IPO of all time.

Name at least three technology firms that were founded by people in their twenties or younger.

One contributor to the easy with which young entrepreneurs can have success is low-cost distribution to massive markets worldwide. This is enabled by:

Sergey Brin and Larry Page were both twenty-something doctoral students at Stanford University when they founded:

SEO and SEM are key tech industry acronyms that have become vital parts of the accounting professional's operating toolkit.

While process redesign, supply chain management, and factory automation are all tech-centric operations, service operations are not.

The phrase _____________ is often used to describe the trend of putting "smarts" (meaning computing and telecommunications technology) putting into everyday products such as lamps, watches, thermostats, and door locks; as well as embedding tech into industrial goods.