Towards a strategic positioning method for IT management

ICIS 2009 Proceedings - Thirtieth International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Müller, Benjamin ^a   Ahlemann, Frederik ^a   Riempp, Gerold ^a  

^a EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Design science; Group decision making; Method; Social dynamics; Strategic IT management; Strategic positioning

Indexed keywords

DESIGN SCIENCE; GROUP DECISION MAKING; IT MANAGEMENT; METHOD; SOCIAL DYNAMICS; STRATEGIC POSITIONING;

DESIGN; DYNAMICS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84870972575     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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