The effect of social network structures at the business/IT interface on IT application change effectiveness

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 148-169

  Zolper, Katja ^a   Beimborn, Daniel ^b   Weitzel, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

^b FRANKFURT SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

business value of IT; business IT dialog; case studies; IT change effectiveness; social network analysis; social structures

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INDUSTRY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT; BUSINESS REQUIREMENT; BUSINESS VALUE OF IT; IT CHANGE EFFECTIVENESS; SOCIAL NETWORK STRUCTURES; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84900845461     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: 14664437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jit.2014.6     Document Type: Article

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