{"id":"https://openalex.org/W66593852","doi":null,"title":"The Dynamic Synchronization of Strategy and Information Technology","display_name":"The Dynamic Synchronization of Strategy and Information Technology","publication_year":2002,"publication_date":"2002-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W66593852","mag":"66593852"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"mag:66593852","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=2309298","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401293","display_name":"Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I168974976","host_organization_name":"Universidad de La Rioja","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I168974976"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"MIT Sloan management review","raw_type":null},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5110308877","display_name":"C. K. Prahalad","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"C. K. Prahalad","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5009912542","display_name":"Mayuram S. Krishnan","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Mayuram S. Krishnan","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":8.9685,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":162,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.96902832,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"43","issue":"4","first_page":"24","last_page":"33"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11572","display_name":"Information Technology Governance and Strategy","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1404","display_name":"Management Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11572","display_name":"Information Technology Governance and Strategy","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1404","display_name":"Management Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13034","display_name":"Information Systems Education and Curriculum Development","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10910","display_name":"Corporate Governance and Management","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/information-technology-strategy","display_name":"IT strategy","score":0.6880000233650208},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/strategic-change","display_name":"strategic change","score":0.6159999966621399},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/information-infrastructure","display_name":"information infrastructure","score":0.7900000214576721},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/it-investment-decisions","display_name":"IT investment decisions","score":0.6320000290870667},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/packaged-software","display_name":"packaged software","score":0.5230000019073486},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business-process-management","display_name":"business process management","score":0.6449999809265137},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/organizational-flexibility","display_name":"organizational flexibility","score":0.4729999899864197},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/competitiveness","display_name":"competitiveness","score":0.3149999976158142}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C544072693","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6144385","display_name":"Technology strategy","level":3,"score":0.530953586101532},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777338717","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1762621","display_name":"Vendor","level":2,"score":0.517391562461853},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121017731","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11661","display_name":"Information technology","level":2,"score":0.5147364139556885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780821815","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5340806","display_name":"Portfolio","level":2,"score":0.5015714168548584},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780598303","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65921492","display_name":"Flexibility (engineering)","level":2,"score":0.4949917197227478},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.46840900182724},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C180198813","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121182","display_name":"Information system","level":2,"score":0.4627895653247833},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3913047","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1956265","display_name":"sync","level":3,"score":0.44521763920783997},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779530757","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1207505","display_name":"Quality (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.4206400513648987},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C195094911","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14167904","display_name":"Process management","level":1,"score":0.41013622283935547},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162853370","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39809","display_name":"Marketing","level":1,"score":0.3636906147003174},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.3597390353679657},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56739046","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192060","display_name":"Knowledge management","level":1,"score":0.3579091429710388},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86275758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q376657","display_name":"Strategic management","level":2,"score":0.3344493508338928},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C10138342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43015","display_name":"Finance","level":1,"score":0.22141975164413452},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.1804634928703308},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76155785","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418","display_name":"Telecommunications","level":1,"score":0.1332736611366272},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187736073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2920921","display_name":"Management","level":1,"score":0.13202309608459473},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127162648","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16858953","display_name":"Channel (broadcasting)","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119599485","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43035","display_name":"Electrical engineering","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"mag:66593852","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=2309298","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401293","display_name":"Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I168974976","host_organization_name":"Universidad de La Rioja","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I168974976"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"MIT Sloan management review","raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","score":0.7207000255584717}],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","score":0.6399999856948853}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W7213861722","https://openalex.org/W1587475819","https://openalex.org/W2912466043","https://openalex.org/W1604716377","https://openalex.org/W1998509784","https://openalex.org/W2465453145","https://openalex.org/W146287093","https://openalex.org/W1596374376","https://openalex.org/W7099173861","https://openalex.org/W2494578476"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0],"an":[1],"often":[2],"overemphasized":[3],"focus":[4],"on":[5],"efficiency,":[6],"many":[7],"companies":[8,159],"turn":[9],"to":[10,14,45,140,191,222,244,251],"packaged":[11],"information-technology":[12],"systems":[13,48],"manage":[15],"business":[16],"processes.":[17],"University":[18],"of":[19,150,203,229,246,267],"Michigan":[20],"Business":[21],"School":[22],"professors":[23],"C.K.":[24],"Prahalad":[25],"and":[26,38,42,112,200,205,232,263,271],"M.S.":[27],"Krishnan":[28],"suggest":[29],"they":[30,164],"should":[31],"be":[32,97,103,148],"more":[33],"concerned":[34],"about":[35],"strategy":[36],"?":[37],"getting":[39],"line":[40,269],"managers":[41,44,59,184,218,270,273],"IT":[43,71,168,230,272],"use":[46],"information":[47,61,187],"in":[49,74,80,85,260],"ways":[50],"that":[51,160,182,238],"facilitate":[52],"strategic":[53,236],"change.\n\nA":[54],"new":[55,249],"applications-portfolio":[56],"scorecard":[57],"helps":[58],"assess":[60],"infrastructure":[62,188],"before":[63],"making":[64],"investments.":[65],"Six":[66],"key":[67],"considerations":[68],"are":[69,241,255],"each":[70,167],"application's":[72,114],"role":[73],"strategy,":[75],"whether":[76,105],"the":[77,81,100,106,113,129,153,172,193,201,217,224,227,233,253,261,264],"knowledge":[78],"embodied":[79],"application":[82,101,169],"(say,":[83],"salaries":[84],"a":[86,133,142],"payroll":[87],"application)":[88],"is":[89,108,275],"stable":[90,134],"or":[91,110,215],"evolving,":[92],"how":[93,221],"much":[94],"change":[95,259],"will":[96,102,170],"needed,":[98],"where":[99],"sourced,":[104],"data":[107],"proprietary":[109],"public,":[111],"freedom":[115],"from":[116,166,195],"conformance":[117],"defects.":[118],"Those":[119],"parameters":[120],"differ":[121],"for":[122,132,235],"different":[123],"functions.":[124],"Managers":[125],"may":[126,137],"not":[127,139],"need":[128,165,234],"latest":[130],"software":[131],"function.":[135],"They":[136],"decide":[138],"purchase":[141],"customized":[143],"package,":[144],"because":[145],"it":[146],"could":[147],"out":[149],"sync":[151],"with":[152,178],"vendor's":[154],"future":[155],"software.":[156],"Only":[157],"those":[158],"deeply":[161],"analyze":[162],"what":[163],"acquire":[171],"right":[173],"portfolio.":[174],"\n\nThe":[175],"authors'":[176],"work":[177],"500":[179],"executives":[180],"revealed":[181],"few":[183],"believed":[185],"their":[186,210],"was":[189],"able":[190],"handle":[192],"pressures":[194],"deregulation,":[196],"globalization,":[197],"ubiquitous":[198],"connectivity":[199],"convergence":[202],"industries":[204],"technologies.":[206],"Though":[207],"fully":[208],"aware":[209],"organizations":[211],"lacked":[212],"rapid-response":[213],"capability":[214],"flexibility,":[216],"rarely":[219],"knew":[220],"fix":[223],"disconnection":[225,254],"between":[226],"quality":[228],"infrastructures":[231],"change.\n\nConsidering":[237],"information-infrastructure":[239],"expenditures":[240],"generally":[242],"2%":[243],"8%":[245],"companies'":[247],"revenues,":[248],"measures":[250],"address":[252],"essential.":[256],"A":[257],"corresponding":[258],"mind-sets":[262],"skill":[265],"sets":[266],"smart":[268],"also":[274],"helping":[276],"improve":[277],"overall":[278],"competitiveness.":[279]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":5}],"updated_date":"2026-11-01T11:40:01.658920","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}