Conceptualizing the dynamic strategic alignment competency

Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 299-322

  Baker, Jeff ^a   Jones, Donald R ^b   Cao, Qing ^b   Song, Jaeki ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Dynamic capabilities; Dynamic capabilities framework; Fit; Strategic alignment; Strategic is management

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; DEGREE OF ALIGNMENTS; DYNAMIC APPROACHES; DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES; ORGANIZATIONAL COMPETENCIES; ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESS; STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT; STRATEGIC IS;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79957871943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15369323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1jais.00265     Document Type: Article

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