Development and validation of an instrument to measure maturity of IT business strategic alignment mechanisms

Information Resources Management Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 18-33

  Sledgianowski, Deb ^a   Luftman, Jerry N ^b   Reilly, Richard R ^b  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business strategy; IS evolution; IS integration; IS maturity; IT alignment; Stage theory; Strategic alignment

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS (CFA); DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT;

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 33749326167     PISSN: 10401628     EISSN: 10401628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/irmj.2006070102     Document Type: Article

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