Unraveling the Alignment Paradox: How Does Business - IT Alignment Shape Organizational Agility?

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  2017

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  Information systems research

• Publication date

  2017-12-01

• Fields of study

  Business, Computer Science

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  DOI 10.1287/isre.2017.0711
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