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The current research has motivated several directions for future research. First, as a prerequisite for study in this area, techniques are needed to classify company strategies as Unified, Allied, or Portal. Although the pure strategies are easy to classify, mixed strategies will likely prevail. What percentage of a company's functions should be in-house for it to be classified as Unified? What percentage should be provided by an ally in order for it to be classified as Allied? Should company IPFS strategy be measured on a continuum?
Second, the concept of an infocracy must be operationalized. How can the degree of infocracy be measured? Can one develop a scale on which an organization can be rated as somewhere between bureaucratic and infocratic? Or, is infocracy, to some extent, orthogonal to bureaucracy, so that it is possible to incorporate both within an organization?
Finally, research needs to be done on the relationship between strategy and structure. Hypotheses H1 and H2 can be tested and their implications examined.
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