Information technology role in supply chain's strategic agility

International Journal of Agile Systems and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-24

  Mavengere, Nicholas Blessing ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Collective capabilities; Competitive business environment; Conceptual analytical research; Information systems unit's product and service; IT services; Strategic agility; Strategic response; Strategic sensitivity; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929152321     PISSN: 17419174     EISSN: 17419182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJASM.2013.052209     Document Type: Article

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