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The following are some articles that I think worth reading that have been published in Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, or some other magazines.
PS: I will update this list occationally. If you know some great articles or books about how to align business and IT, please be kind to tell me, thank you.
1. Carr, N.G., 2003, IT Doesn’t Matter, Harvard Business Review, May.
2. Ross, J.W., and Weill, P., 2002, Six IT Decisions Your IT People Shouldn’t Make, Harvard Business Review, Nov., pp 84-91.
3. Feld, C. S., and Stoddard, D. B., 2004, Getting IT Right, Harvard Business Review, Feb.
4. Nolan, R., and McFarlan, F. W., 2005, Information Technology and the Board of Directors, Harvard Business Review, Oct, pp 96-106.
5. Upton, D.M., and Staats, B.R., 2008, Radically Simple IT, Harvard Business Review, Mar., pp 118-124.
6. McAfee, A., and Brynjolfsson, E., 2008, Investing in the IT That Makes a Competitive Difference, Harvard Business Review, Jul.-Aug., pp 98-107.
7. McAfee, A., 2006, Mastering the Three Worlds of Information Technology, Harvard Business Review, Nov., pp 141-149.
8. McAfee, A., 2004, Do You Have Too Much IT?, MIT Sloan Management Review, Vol.45, No.3, Spring, pp 18-22.