STRATEGIC IT ALIGNMENT: A MODEL FOR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2001

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 1-12

  Kearns, Grover S ^a   Lederer, Albert L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

alignment of IT plans with business plans; competitive advantage; Strategic IT planning

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INFORMATION USE;

ALIGNMENT OF IT PLAN WITH BUSINESS PLAN; BUSINESS PLANS; BUSINESS-IT; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; INFORMATION INTENSITY; IT ALIGNMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGE; STRATEGIC IT PLANNING;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84921916323     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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