A framework for enterprise agility and the enabling role of digital options

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 180, Issue , 2005, Pages 295-312

  Overby, Eric ^a   Bharadwaj, Anandhi ^a   Sambamurthy, V ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agility; Business agility; Digital options; Enterprise agility; Information technology; Strategic agility

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRY;

AGILITY; DIGITAL OPTIONS; ENTERPRISE AGILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; STRATEGIC AGILITY; TURBULENT ENVIRONMENTS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84902522946     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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