Add to ORKGThe current study represents an exploratory research in the area of strategic alignment of information technology. It attempts to explore whether there is a link between an organization's strategic type and its level of information technology (IT) outsourcing. More specifically, it investigates how strategic types in Miles and Snow's typology can be related to the level of IT outsourcing activities deployed by an organization. It also takes a qualitative approach in the measurement of strategy. Secondary data such as annual reports, rather than mailed questionnaires, are used to analyze the strategy. The results indicate that in terms of Miles and Snow's strategic typology, prospectors are the highest user of IT outsourcing. Defenders are m...
A decision of increasing importance to many organisations is whether to use internal or outside reso...
Aligning information technology (IT) strategy with business strategy has been one of the top concern...
Information systems strategy is of central importance to IS practice and research. Our extensive rev...
Two major perspectives dominate the field of organizational strategic management: market driven and ...
As motivations of Information Technology (IT) outsourcing are evolving from a primary focus on cost ...
Outsourcing of services is usually viewed as a way to increase or decrease capacity at the margin. B...
The authors of this study have both studied at the U.S.B.E. (Umeå School of Business and Economics)...
A new stream of research in information technology (IT) has recently developed. One that focuses on ...
Improved conceptual and methodological understanding of strategic alignment is essential for better ...
Improved conceptual and methodological understanding of strategic alignment is essential for better ...
Research background: Today, modern enterprises are faced with a number of problems, using of outsour...
Miles and Snow (1978) identified four strategy types: defenders, prospectors, analyzers, and reactor...
There is a strong belief that by washing our hands of IT issues and turning them over to outside exp...
Improved conceptual and methodological understanding of strategic alignment is essential for better ...
8th International Strategic Management Conference -- JUN 21-23, 2012 -- Barcelona, SPAINWOS: 0003128...
A decision of increasing importance to many organisations is whether to use internal or outside reso...
Aligning information technology (IT) strategy with business strategy has been one of the top concern...
Information systems strategy is of central importance to IS practice and research. Our extensive rev...
Two major perspectives dominate the field of organizational strategic management: market driven and ...
As motivations of Information Technology (IT) outsourcing are evolving from a primary focus on cost ...
Outsourcing of services is usually viewed as a way to increase or decrease capacity at the margin. B...
The authors of this study have both studied at the U.S.B.E. (Umeå School of Business and Economics)...
A new stream of research in information technology (IT) has recently developed. One that focuses on ...
Improved conceptual and methodological understanding of strategic alignment is essential for better ...
Improved conceptual and methodological understanding of strategic alignment is essential for better ...
Research background: Today, modern enterprises are faced with a number of problems, using of outsour...
Miles and Snow (1978) identified four strategy types: defenders, prospectors, analyzers, and reactor...
There is a strong belief that by washing our hands of IT issues and turning them over to outside exp...
Improved conceptual and methodological understanding of strategic alignment is essential for better ...
8th International Strategic Management Conference -- JUN 21-23, 2012 -- Barcelona, SPAINWOS: 0003128...
A decision of increasing importance to many organisations is whether to use internal or outside reso...
Aligning information technology (IT) strategy with business strategy has been one of the top concern...
Information systems strategy is of central importance to IS practice and research. Our extensive rev...