How could a business leverage its investment in information technology to build startegic IT capabilities that serve as a barrier to entry by new entrants into its market?

The cost of building and maintaining a strategic IT platform can be very expensive.

Leveraging investment in IT: By investing in advanced computer-based information systems to improve efficiency, firms are able to develop new products and services that would not have otherwise been possible without their strong IT capability.

Barriers to Entry: By increasing the amount of investment or the complexity of the technology required to compete in an industry or market segment can also discourage or delay other companies from entering a market