This paper outlines the key points of information technology alignment and organizational agility importance from the business and the information technology perspective. Today's dynamically changing technology environment and globalization has led to uncertainty and unpredictability. The...

In this paper, I suggest and review four perspectives within the information systems (IS) literature exploring the enterprise value of information systems from the perspective of traditional and transactional cost economics (TCE), agency theory and concerns surrounding a "productivity paradox",...

We develop and subsequently test a model detailing how knowledge technologies, embodied in intra-organizational information systems (IS), provide opportunities that influence individual-level human motivations to engage in knowledge exchange processes, thereby influencing organizational...

Information technology (IT) managers find it challenging to communicate with business managers about IT. Immersed in technical descriptions, finding a shared language to effectively describe how IT, particularly a new technology, creates value for the organization can be a demanding task. The...

This study proposes as a key cause of the high failure rates in the implementation of analytical projects for marketing decisions, the discrepancy in the information quality (DIQ) perceived between producers (information technology [IT]) and users (marketing) of knowledge. Given that the DIQ...

Background: Information Systems Development (ISD) is responsible for designing and implementing information systems that support organizational strategy, leveraging business models and processes. Several perspectives on this activity can be found in the literature, addressing - often in an...

The enterprise applications have more and more importance in the present conditions of globalization and economic competition. Many companies understand the importance of integration to tie together their systems and the systems of their customers, partners and suppliers. Application integration...

This paper is based upon a research study to determine the significance of managerial leadership practices in a corporation's transformation during the period from 2004 to 2008. The study attempted to discover how managerial leadership practices effectively advance horizontal integration of an...