Strategic alignment revisited: Connecting organizational architecture and IT infrastructure

Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue , 2004, Pages 3629-3638

  Sauer, Chris ^a   Willcocks, Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COSTS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INVESTMENTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ORGANIZATIONAL ARCHITECTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN; ORGANIZATIONAL ECONOMICS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 12344327274     PISSN: 10603425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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