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Do you agree or disagree with the statement that "a decision to acquire an accounting information system is a business decision not a systems decision"? What role does competitive advantage play in the decision to acquire an accounting information system?

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- The decision to acquire an accounting information system is a business decision not a system decision. The reason is that the acquisition of the accounting system is costly and without a cost benefit analysis no new system is acquired. This is clearly a business decision and not a system decision. In ...

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