A new paradigm for the continuous alignment of business and IT: Combining enterprise architecture modelling and enterprise ontology

Computers in Industry

Volumn 79, Issue , 2016, Pages 77-86

  Hinkelmann, Knut ^a,b   Gerber, Aurona ^b,c   Karagiannis, Dimitris ^d   Thoenssen, Barbara ^a   Van Der Merwe, Alta ^b   Woitsch, Robert ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e BOC Asset Management GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Business IT alignment; Enterprise architecture; Enterprise engineering; Enterprise ontology; Metamodelling

Indexed keywords

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

BUSINESS - IT ALIGNMENTS; ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE; ENTERPRISE ENGINEERING; ENTERPRISE ONTOLOGY; META-MODELLING;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84940055540     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compind.2015.07.009     Document Type: Article

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