The information system as a competitive weapon
Communications of the ACM - Special section on management of information systems
Information systems for sustainable competitive advantage
Information and Management
In search of sustainability: Reaping long-term advantage from investments in information technology
Journal of Management Information Systems
Strategic information systems: myths, reality and guidelines for successful implementation
European Journal of Information Systems
Sustaining IT advantage: the role of structural differences
MIS Quarterly - Special issue on the strategic use of information systems
The grassroots of IT and strategy
Strategic information systems
Putting the enterprise into the enterprise system
Harvard Business Review
Evolution and organizational information systems: an assessment of Nolan's stage model
Communications of the ACM
The role of dynamic capabilities in e-business transformation
European Journal of Information Systems - Managing e-business transformation
The information systems management system: a framework for planning
ACM SIGMIS Database
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Business systems planning and business Information control study: a comparison
IBM Systems Journal
Experiences in strategic information systems planning
MIS Quarterly
Strategic planning for management information systems
MIS Quarterly
An empirical investigation of the relationship of IS strategy with firm performance
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
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This article is a personal retrospective which traces the evolution of information systems strategy (ISS) since it emerged as a topic in the late 1970s and considers the nature of organisations' ISSs and how they have been influenced by the interplay of many factors over that period. In addition to responding to the rapidly evolving underlying technologies, ISS practice in organisations has had to deal with the combined effects of economic cycles and an increasingly global business context, which effect both the organisations themselves and the development of the IT industry. This article argues that the changing fortunes of the IT suppliers and their strategies are two of the most significant influences on organisations' ISSs. The influence and contribution of academics and their research is also discussed. The study of ISS has largely followed practice and attempted to explain its nature, role and impact using contemporary theoretical paradigms but often based on relatively limited empirical data. In conclusion it is suggested that a new multi-centred, collaborative approach, involving both academic and practitioner experts to develop a comprehensive evidence base, would enable greater understanding of how the range of factors interact to determine the nature and value of ISS in 21st century organisations.