Alignment of operations strategy, information strategic orientation, and performance: An empirical study

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2535-2563

  Schniederjans, M ^a   Cao, Q ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

E commerce; Hierarchical regression; Information systems strategic orientation; Operations strategy

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS; BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; E-COMMERCE; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; GENERAL MANAGER; HIERARCHICAL REGRESSION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS STRATEGY; IS STRATEGY; OPERATIONS MANAGERS; OPERATIONS STRATEGIES; OPERATIONS STRATEGY; STRATEGIC ORIENTATION;

ALIGNMENT; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

MANAGERS;

EID: 70449576125     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540701673465     Document Type: Article

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