ALIGNMENT OF A FIRMS COMPETITIVE STRATEGY AND INFORMATION-TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT SOPHISTICATION - THE MISSING LINK

The need for establishing a link between information technology (IT) m anagement strategies and a firm's competitive strategy has been identi fied and discussed in the literature, In this paper, factors for measu ring IT management sophistication are identified first, Then the effec ts of the competitive strategy on IT management sophistication are tes ted empirically, According to a survey of 213 managers, this study fin ds that competitive strategy has a direct impact on IT management soph istication, This paper concludes with implications for both researcher s and practitioners.