Reframing the dominant quests of information systems strategy research for complex adaptive business systems

Information Systems Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 822-834

  Tanriverdi, Hüseyin ^a   Rai, Arun ^b   Venkatraman, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Co evolution; Complex adaptive business systems; Emergence; Information systems strategy; Integration; Reconfiguration; Renewal; Strategic alignment; Sustained advantage; Temporary advantage

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650658227     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1100.0317     Document Type: Review

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