Information Technology (IT) has fundamentally changed the ways firms are managed and deal with their customers and business partners. This course focuses on how Information Technology can be used to create value or obtain a competitive advantage, providing an overview of fundamental strategy frameworks, underlying technologies, and recent industry trends. The goal is to understand how Information Technology enables new strategies and how existing strategies adapt to innovations in IT. At the end of the course, students are expected to have an understanding of how to strategically use Information Technology and to identify and critically evaluate important changes and opportunities IT creates along the value chain.