Bringing ICT to the strategy table

Article Type: Abstracts From: Strategic Direction, Volume 28, Issue 8

Stace D., Courtney N. and Holtham C.Strategic Change: Briefings in Entrepreneurial Finance, February 2012, Vol. 21 No. 1, Start page: 41, No. of pages: 17

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have become so integral to business positioning and processes that questions of ICT uptake are usually not of “whether” but of “when” and “how.”. Current and intended strategic roles of ICT in the organization result in better ICT investment decisions. Drawing on contingency thinking about business strategy, a typology of five ICT strategies is provided.Article type: Research paperISSN: 1099-1697Reference: 41AH490

Keywords: Corporate strategy, Information technology strategy, Investment