Impact of business intelligence and IT infrastructure flexibility on competitive performance: An organizational agility perspective

International Conference on Information Systems 2011, ICIS 2011

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 2675-2685

  Chen, Xiaofeng ^a   Siaus, Keng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Business intelligence; Competitive performance; Environmental turbulence; IT infrastructure flexibility; Organizational agility

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE PERFORMANCE; DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL TURBULENCES; IT INFRASTRUCTURES; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; MARKET OPPORTUNITIES; ORGANIZATIONAL AGILITY;

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84884659163     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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