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International Information Systems Report Introduction From the dawn of the information revolution, multinational companies such as the Big Six, have increasingly adopted the concept of virtuality in order to overcome geographic and other boundaries that previously limited entry into some markets. By virtualising, these companies are now able to cooperate spontaneously with partner companies in order to exploit temporary market opportunities. This report will look at how Coopers and Lybrand (CL) virtualised its operations and in doing so acquired a competitive advantage over its competitors. Moreover, the strengths, weaknesses and the future of PC in terms of virtualising operations will be explored. Why Virtualise? In a market where the demand for one stop accounting and auditing services is growing rapidly and legal restraints create boundaries for multinationals to penetrate foreign markets, multinationals such as Coopers and Lybrand have to virtualise operations to gain a competitive advantage. In order to cater to those clients, whose activities were being conducted on an international scale, CL had to look for partners throughout the world who could provide these clients with accounting, consulting and auditing serv