Enabling the business strategy of SMEs through e-business capabilities: A strategic alignment perspective

Industrial Management & Data Systems

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 577-595

  Raymond, Louis ^a   Bergeron, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business performance; Canada; Electronic commerce; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; FINANCE; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENTS; MANUFACTURE; MULTITASKING; PLANNING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PUBLISHING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TECHNOLOGY;

BEST PRACTICES (BP); BUSINESS STRATEGIES; CONTINGENCY THEORY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; E BUSINESS; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCES; MANUFACTURING FLEXIBILITY; PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS; PROCESS INNOVATION (PI); PRODUCTS AND SERVICES; SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISE (SME); STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT; STRATEGIC INTENT; STRATEGIC ORIENTATION; SYSTEMS INTEGRATIONS; TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 44849105485     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570810876723     Document Type: Article

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