Strategic information technology opportunities for competitive advantage /

This book investigates myriad issues regarding the application of business strategy and IT strategy. Specifically, it focuses on how business/IT alignment is assessed, the factors that aid or hinder its integration, a maturity assessment and way in which managers can implement strategic information...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Papp, Raymond, 1966-
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2001.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction to strategic alignment / Raymond Papp
  • 2. Sustainable competitive advantage from information technology : limitations of the value chain / David L. Bahn
  • 3. Alignment through cross-functional integration / Mark R. Nelson
  • 4. Information systems strategy, structure and alignment / Yolande E. Chan
  • 5. Communicating strategic IT vision to organization members : a conceptual framework / Mary Elizabeth Brabston, Robert W. Zmud, John R. Carlson
  • 6. Assessing business-IT alignment maturity / Jerry N. Luftman
  • 7. Outsourcing decisions : using Porter's model / Anne L. Powell
  • 8. The changing roles of IT leaders / Petter Gottschalk
  • 9. Strategic information systems for competitive advantage : planning, sustainability and implementation / Gareth Griffiths, Ray Hackney
  • 10. Aligning IT resources for e-commerce / Makoto Nakayama
  • 11. Competitive force/marketing mix (CF/MM) framework / Brian J. Reithel, Chi Hwang, Katherine Boswell
  • 12. The importance of the IT-end user relationship paradigm in obtaining alignment between IT and the business / A.C. Leonard
  • 13. Strategic human resource forecasting for an internal labor market / Wilfred S.J. Geerlings, Alexander Verbraeck, Pieter J. Toussaint, Ron P.T. de Groot
  • 14. Strategic alignment for electronic commerce / Christian Bauer
  • 15. Strategic significance of information technology to developing countries / Muhammadou Kah.