In December 2007, management of Mercedes-Benz India (MBI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler AG, the 12th largest car manufacturer in the world, decided to move to a new building near Pune in western India. In the supervision of installation of information technology (IT) infrastructure to the new facility, CIO of the company has to deal with some management decisions related to IT architecture, IT tools and skills of the IT company. Each option includes several compromises. CIO at each decision will have a major impact on revenue, profit and competitive positioning MBI in the Indian automotive industry. "Hide
by Nicole RD Haggerty, Shankar Venkatagiri, Ramasastry Chandrasekhar Source: Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation 13 pages. Publication Date: May 20, 2011. Prod. #: W11084-PDF-ENG
