On the assessment of the strategic value of information technologies: Conceptual and analytical approaches

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 239-265

  Oh, Wonseok ^a   Pinsonneault, Alain ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alignment of IT; Business value of IT; Contingency approach; Nonlinear approaches; Organizational performance; Resource centered view; Strategic; Strategic value of IT

Indexed keywords

LINEAR SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CONTINGENCY APPROACH; NONLINEAR APPROACHES; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; STRATEGIC VALUE;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 34249288360     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25148790     Document Type: Article

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