Anderson Graduate School of Management
University of California, Los Angeles, California

The Strategic Edge

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Lientz, Bennet P.
Manage IT as a business: how to achieve alignment and add value to the company /Bennet P. Lientz and Lee Larssen.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7506-7825-9 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Information technology Management. 2. Information technology Economic aspects. I. Larssen, Lee. II. Title.
HD30.2.L54 2004
004 ?.068 ?4 dc22 2004005623

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