The relationship of strategic business alignment and enterprise information management in achieving better business performance

Enterprise Information Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-220

  Zhou, Honggeng ^a   Collier, David A ^b   Wilson, Darryl D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterprise information management; Interdisciplinary; Strategic business alignment; Strategic enterprise management; Strategic information management; Structural equation models; Time based performance

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMMERCE; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

ENTERPRISE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY; STRATEGIC BUSINESS ALIGNMENT; STRATEGIC ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS; TIME-BASED PERFORMANCE;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 46249100651     PISSN: 17517575     EISSN: 17517583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17517570802095226     Document Type: Article

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