Achieving IT-business strategic alignment via enterprise-wide implementation of balanced scorecards

Information Systems Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-184

  Huang, C Derrick ^a,b   Hu, Qing ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Governance of IS organization; IT business alignment; Leadership roles; Strategic IS planning

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION; INTEGRATED PLANNING; IT-BUSINESS ALIGNMENTS; LEADERSHIP ROLES; RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT; STRATEGIC IS; STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT TOOLS;

INDUSTRY; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 34548476468     PISSN: 10580530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10580530701239314     Document Type: Article

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