The role of information technology business alignment in value creation: A multiple case study among German banks

Association for Information Systems - 26th International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2005: Forever New Frontiers

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 603-616

  Franke, Jochen ^a   Wagner, Heinz Theo ^a   Weitzel, Tim ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; IT business alignment; IT flexibility; IT usage

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS PROCESS; BUSINESS RESOURCES; BUSINESS VALUE; BUSINESS VALUE CREATION; CAUSAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; FINANCIAL SERVICE; INDUSTRY BASED; IT BUSINESS; IT BUSINESS VALUES; IT FLEXIBILITY; IT USAGE; MULTIPLE-CASE STUDY; VALUE CREATION;

ALIGNMENT; COMPETITION; RESEARCH;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84869813063     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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