The strategic use of information resources: an exploratory study

The authors present some extensive preliminary data on the strategic use of information resources. The objectives are to: (1) make a case for the need to distinguish between the two types of information resources, information and information technology (IT), in the context of competitive strategy; (2) provide preliminary empirical validation for the distinction based on a survey of senior information system (IS) executives representing 84 large US corporations; (3) analyze the organizational factors that facilitate or inhibit the use of information resources; and (4) report on the organizational decision-making processes currently being used by business firms for strategic IS applications. >

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