Service-oriented architecture and organizational integration: An empirical study of it-enabled sustained competitive advantage

ICIS 2007 Proceedings - Twenty Eighth International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Oh, Lih Bin ^a   Teo, Hock Hai ^a   Leong, Yi Xing ^a   Ravichandran, T ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Business value of IT; Causal ambiguity; Organizational integration; Service oriented architecture; Sustained competitive advantage

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS VALUE; CAUSAL AMBIGUITY; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; IT ASSETS; IT CAPABILITIES; IT RESOURCES; IT STANDARDS; MANAGERIAL SKILLS; SERVICE ORIENTED COMPUTING; STRATEGIC INITIATIVE; TECHNICAL SKILLS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPETITION; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGERS; SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA);

INTEGRATION;

EID: 84870973826     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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