Value chain linkages and the spillover effects of strategic information technology alignment: A process-level view

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 9-44

  Tallon, Paul ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

IT business value; process bottlenecks; profile deviation; spillover effects; strategic IT alignment; value chain; value disciplines; value flows

Indexed keywords

IT ALIGNMENT; IT BUSINESS VALUES; PROCESS BOTTLENECKS; PROFILE DEVIATIONS; SPILLOVER EFFECTS; VALUE CHAINS; VALUE DISCIPLINES; VALUE FLOW;

ALIGNMENT; INDUSTRY;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84857855955     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222280301     Document Type: Article

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