Four perspectives on architectural strategy

International Conference on Information Systems 2011, ICIS 2011

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages 4069-4081

  Woodard, C Jason ^a   West, Joel ^b  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital goods; IT strategy; Organizational design; Product architecture; Strategic alignment

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL GOODS; IT STRATEGIES; ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGNS; PRODUCT ARCHITECTURE; STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT;

ARCHITECTURE; COMPETITION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 84884645389     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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