Aligning business and technology strategy within the airline industry

International Journal of Business Information Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-94

  Althonayan, Abrahim ^a   Sharif, Amir M ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airlines; Business strategy; Framework; Strategic alignment; Technology strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954434594     PISSN: 17460972     EISSN: 17460980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIS.2010.034006     Document Type: Article

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