How social capital among information technology and business units drives operational alignment and it business value

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 241-272

  Wagner, Heinz Theo ^a   Beimborn, Daniel ^b   Weitzel, Tim ^c  

^a German Graduate School of Management and Law (GGS)   (Germany)

^b FRANKFURT SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

business value of IT; business IT alignment; information systems alignment; operational alignment; social capital

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

BUSINESS - IT ALIGNMENTS; BUSINESS UNDERSTANDING; BUSINESS VALUE OF IT; BUSINESS-IT ALIGNMENT; CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL CAPITALS; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

EID: 84905025817     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222310110     Document Type: Article

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