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Achieving Business Success Chapter 1: Business Driven Technology Chapter 2: Identifying Competitive Advantages Chapter 3: Strategic Initiatives for Implementing Competitive Advantages Chapter 4: Measuring the Success of Strategic Initiatives Chapter 5: Organizational Structures That Support Strategic Initiatives Unit 2. Exploring Business Intelligence Chapter 6: Valuing Organizational Information Chapter 7: Storing Organizational Information—Databases Chapter 8: Accessing Organizational Information—Data Warehouse Unit 3. Streamlining Business Operations Chapter 9: Enabling the Organization—Decision Making Chapter 10: Extending the Organization—Supply Chain Management Chapter 11: Building a Customer-centric Organization—Customer Relationship Management Chapter 12: Integrating the Organization from End to End—Enterprise Resource Planning Unit 4. Building Innovation Chapter 13: Creating Innovative Organizations Chapter 14: E-Business Chapter 15: Creating Collaborative Partnerships Chapter 16: Integrating Wireless Technology in Business Unit 5.

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