Developments in practice XXXV: Building a strong relationship with the business

Communications of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 429-440

  Smith, Heather A ^a   McKeen, James D ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business IT relations; IT functions; Relationship quality

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

BUSINESS UNITS; BUSINESS-IT; FOCUS GROUPS; FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS; IT FUNCTIONS; MANAGEMENT LEVEL; PERCEPTIONS OF IT; RELATIONSHIP QUALITIES;

MANAGERS;

EID: 77953050261     PISSN: 15293181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1cais.02619     Document Type: Article

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