Search for dissertations about: "alignment of business and IT"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 65 swedish dissertations containing the words alignment of business and IT.

2. 6. Model-driven Alignment : Linking Business Strategy with Information Systems

   Author : Constantinos Giannoulis; Jelena Zdravkovic; John Krogstie; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Alignment; Business; Strategy; Information; Systems; Requirements; IS; Enterprise; Models; Modeling; Computer and Systems Sciences; data- och systemvetenskap;

   Abstract : Information technology (IT) is more pervasive than ever before, constituting a significant factor for performance and survival in the business arena. It is essential that IT within organizations understands what the Business needs in order to provide the necessary support and bring value, which is also true when IT is also the main value creator. READ MORE

4. 7. A unified strategic business and IT alignment model : A study in the public universities of Nicaragua

   Author : Norman Vargas Chevez; Paul Johannesson; Lazar Rusu; Ambjörn Naeve; KTH; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; strategic alignment; business - IT alignment; public universities; AHP; Computer and systems science; Data- och systemvetenskap;

   Abstract : A number of attempts have been made to define strategic business and information technology (IT) alignment; several representations of what it is are available in academic and practitioners’ fields. The literature suggests that firms need to achieve strategic business and IT alignment to be competitive. READ MORE

5. 8. On Aligning Returns Management with the E-commerce Strategy to Increase Effectiveness

   Author : Klas Hjort; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Returns management; supply chain management; alignment; case study; experimental research; gatekeeping; avoidance; reverse logistics; strategy; e-commerce; Logistik; Handel och IT; Bussiness and IT;

   Abstract : The returns management (RM) process has traditionally been seen as a value recovery process, which has resulted in an efficiency focus in the returns flow. This thesis present, the effects on a fashion e-commerce organisation, which is underprioritising or neglecting RM in general and consumer returns specifically. READ MORE

6. 9. Paper meets web : how the institution of news production works on paper and online

   Author : Elena Raviola; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Media and communication studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : The dissertation investigates the institution of news production at work, on paper and online, through an ethnographic study at the largest Italian financial newspaper Il Sole-24 Ore. Building on institutional theory and taking inspiration from Bordieu’s theoretical apparatus describing how cultural capital works, the dissertation presents a framework for the way institutions work, a framework that echoes Mary Douglas’ How Institutions Think (1987). READ MORE

7. 10. A Dynamic Capabilities Approach to Sustainable Business Model Innovation : A Case Study of the Swedish Architecture Industry

   Author : Markus Joakim Edvard Arnez-Wegelius; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; dynamic capabilities; business models; business model innovation; sustainable business models; sustainable business model innovation; sustainability; architecture;

   Abstract : Firms today are facing changing conditions which they must respond to in order to maintain a sustained competitive advantage. To address this change, practitioners such as managers and executives of large firms look towards the concepts of Business Models and Business Model Innovation, as tools to devise and execute strategies to manage that change. READ MORE