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  • April 2005 (Revised November 2005)
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Information Technology at COSCO

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Guoqing Chen and David Lane
  • Format:Print
  • | Pages:20
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Abstract

Describes the current status of IT applications at the second largest container shipping company in the world: China-based COSCO. Describes the challenges the company has faced in dealing with its development and shows a series of organizational and application challenges it must select from in the future. Shows the growing IT sophistication of large, state-owned enterprises in China.

Keywords

Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Problems and Challenges; Shipping Industry; China

Citation

McFarlan, F. Warren, Guoqing Chen, and David Lane. "Information Technology at COSCO." Harvard Business School Case 305-080, April 2005. (Revised November 2005.)

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