Describes the measures taken by the Government of Singapore to the country in order to survive and thrive after independence in the late 1960s. Recognizing that their small size, limited natural resources, but also a great place to put her in a vulnerable position, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, a certain vision for the country's information, trade and business center of South-East Asia. TradeNet interesting class IT system that has two separate components: first, it is an example of inter-organizational strategic application, which is the basis for the successful modernization of the sales process, which strengthens the position of the country as a transit port for the South-East Asia, and second , TradeNet also provides management information and communications infrastructure that can be used to create more strategic applications. This case is as Singapore continues to implement its National Plan IT2000 information infrastructure in 1995. "Hide
by Lynda M. Applegate, Boon Siong Neo, John King Source: Harvard Business School 14 pages. Date of publication on the site: 10 Oct, 1995 year. Prod. #: 196105-PDF-ENG
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