The value of strategic IS planning: Understanding consistency, validity, and IS markets

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 187-199

  Henderson, John C ^a   Sifonis, John G ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Healthcare Management Consulting Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Assumptions surfacing; Critical success factors; Strategic IS planning; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 30244480982     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/248843     Document Type: Article

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