Developing an it strategy: The case of smes

MCCSIS'08 - IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems; Proceedings of ICT, Society and Human Beings 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 163-170

  Söderström, Eva ^a   Åhlfeldt, Rose Mharie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

IT strategy; SME; Strategic orientation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERS; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE;

BUSINESS VISION; CREATION PROCESS; IT STRATEGIES; IT STRATEGY; LARGE ORGANIZATIONS; SME; STRATEGIC ORIENTATION;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 58449088492     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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