The corporation of the 1990s: Information technology and organizational transformation

Patterns of co-alignment in information-intensive organizations: business performance through integration strategies

How do organizations achieve and sustain the process of continuous adaptation and change that is necessary to realize strategic information systems alignment? While research has focused on developing deterministic alignment models and on identifying the factors that contribute to alignment, there is little understanding of the process as it evolves over time. In this paper, we propose that coevolution theory offers the opportunity to explore coevolving interactions, interrelationships, and effects as both IS and business strategies evolve. An initial model of this coevolution is presented that applies the key attributes and concepts of coevolution theory to strategic IS alignment. Future directions for advancing our work are highlighted.

https://aisel.aisnet.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1166&context=icis2003

Beyond Alignment: A Coevolutionary View of the Information Systems Strategy Process

Interaction effect of strategic leadership behaviors and organizational culture on IS-Business strategic alignment and Enterprise Systems assimilation

https://isiarticles.com/bundles/Article/pre/pdf/3672.pdf

Integrating operations and information strategy in e-business

Formation of the information systems strategy: in a global financial services company

This is an opinion paper. It argues that conditions are ripe for the reinvention of a core component of the banking system by having an autonomous institution to house the deposit accounts of individuals and companies. This institution would own and operate the payment and settlement systems. There would be no government guarantee for deposits with commercial banks, thereby removing one important factor of moral hazard. Governments would not need to worry about the collapse of the payment and settlement systems. The proposed set-up would constitute an important building block in a new international financial architecture. Banks could continue to thrive but they would need to innovate and earn their revenue by providing value-added services to their customers.

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The internet and an opportunity to re-invent the banking system

In the past decades, the potential of information systems to support organizational activities and to attain competitive advantage has been widely recognised by academic literature as well as the business community. IS planning methods have been constructed in an attempt to use IS successfully in organizations. However, these planning methods have been found to be theoretically unsound and their practical usefulness has no empirical support. This paper reports a study of the evolution of an IS strategy within LeaseHold N.V., a global Dutch leasing company. This case study is informed by concepts that have been found promising in the area of organizational evolution. Our study suggests that the idea of co-evolution of IS with its organization is especially interesting.

Steve C. A. Peters

Papers

Formation of the information systems strategy: in a global financial services company

The internet and an opportunity to re-invent the banking system

Evolution of information systems strategy in a financial services company