Creating and Sustaining IT-Enabled Competitive Advantage

Competing in the Information Age: Align in the Sand: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Feeny, David ^a,b   Ives, Blake ^c,d   Piccoli, Gabriele ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d Association for Information Systems   (United States)

^e 335 Statler Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

IT; Strategic initiatives; Sustainable competitive advantage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920753318     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0195159535.003.0006     Document Type: Chapter

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