MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS Prepare your answers offline, and save all five of them in a single Microsoft Word file (other formats are NOT acceptable). Submit your file as one attachment, no later than 11.00 pm, Saturday, May 11. All answers must demonstrate critical thinking, and, except Question 5, provide cogent discussion. 1) A research study of hundreds of business firms investigated whether investing in ERP, SCM, and/or CRM systems improves organizational performance, as measured by various criteria. It found that – ? Implementing ERP improves profitability, and more so for early ERP adopter firms. ? Implementing SCM improves (i) profitability, and (ii) long term stock price increases. ? Implementing CRM does not significantly affect overall firm performance in any way. Apply your understanding of enterprise systems to offer plausible, cogent explanations for each of the above. Provide solid reasoning for findings as well as non-findings. An example of a non-finding would be that ERP implementation was not found to result in long-term stock price increases. 2) As you know, some forms of cloud computing include infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and software as a service (SaaS). Augment your existing understanding of cloud computing by conducting some independent research on this subject, and provide a comprehensive discussion of the potential risks of various types of cloud computing to business customers. 3) Read the attached article titled “New Directions in IT/IS for Public Housing Authorities and Non-Profit Organizations.” Then discuss how specific concepts described in the article relate to one or more of the seven characteristics of an agile MIS infrastructure. Be thorough in your answer. 4) The three attached publications pertain to the B2B company Salesforce.com. The 2009 article titled “SaaS Leader Practices What It Preaches” describes its innovation of cloud-based, hosted CRM, which brought fame to the company. The…