Designing information systems capabilities to create business value: A theoretical conceptualization of the role of flexibility and integration

Journal of Database Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1-18

  Langdon, Christoph Schlueter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Customer involvement; IS architecture; IS flexibility; IS integration; Operational linkages

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION THEORY;

CUSTOMER INVOLVEMENT; IS ARCHITECTURE; IS FLEXIBILITY; IS INTEGRATION; OPERATIONAL LINKAGES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33846633156     PISSN: 10638016     EISSN: 15338010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jdm.2006070101     Document Type: Article

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