Looking toward the future of IT-business strategic alignment through the past: A meta-analysis

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1159-1185

  Gerow, Jennifer E ^a   Grover, Varun ^b   Thatcher, Jason ^b   Roth, Philip L ^b  

^a VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment; Alignment paradox; Business IT strategic alignment; IT value; Meta analysis; Productivity paradox; Review

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REVIEWS;

DEPENDENT VARIABLES; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; IT VALUE; META ANALYSIS; NOMOLOGICAL NETWORKS; PERFORMANCE OUTCOME; PRODUCTIVITY PARADOX; STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 84933533548     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: 21629730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25300/misq/2014/38.4.10     Document Type: Article

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