Effects of strategic alignment on IS success: The mediation role of IS investment in Korea

Information Technology and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-27

  Suh, Hanjun ^a   Van Hillegersberg, Jos ^a   Choi, Jinho ^b   Chung, Sunghun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Sejong University   (South Korea)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business IS alignment; Empirical study; IS investment; IS success

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875458610     PISSN: 1385951X     EISSN: 15737667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10799-012-0144-7     Document Type: Article

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