Previous research finds that firm performance is highest when firmsmaintain a singular strategic focus as opposed to a multi-focused strategy. Yet, from an IT perspective, there is still some debate as to whether IT business value or the contribution of IT to firm performance is also maximized when firms maintain a single-focused strategy. Using the notion of value disciplines to model strategi...

The IT productivity paradox raised the issue of finding appropriate measures for capturing the business value of information technology. While the topic is much discussed on the general IT level, there is little research on the specific investments in innovative mobile and ubiquitous technologies. In this paper, we apply a case study research methodology in order to identify the specific charac...

Although there is much research on strategic alignment, cross-domain alignment, that is bridging externally focused competitive strategies with internal focused IT processes, remains largely untouched. In view of this gap, we aim to shed light on the relationship between IT management profiles and business strategies linked by unique IT business value profiles. Building on prior literature, we ...

What is the interplay between IT/Business alignment and Service-oriented Architecture (SOA) regarding the achievement of business value in terms of business flexibility? This paper introduces a conceptual model that derives propositions about how IT/Business alignment, IT flexibility, and business flexibility are interrelated and how SOA and alignment interact in order to increase business flex...

Scientific literature strongly indicates that IT business value is best observed on the level of business processes. However, methodologies by which the contribution of IT can be systematically analyzed on a business processes level are currently insufficient. Therefore, this paper presents a methodology which, proceeding from a given status quo, analyzes and measures changes in IT usage in bus...

Asset analysis and valuation are important parts of the information security risk management. Outputs they produce are used in the process of risk analysis that plays a key role in securing organization’s business processes. A correct analysis and valuation of assets should reveal not only their importance for the organization, but also their relationships and dependencies between each other. T...

Already in the nineties studies which discussed the IT productivity paradox, where no clear correlation could be found between IT spend and the bottom-line impact, other research streams emerged, revealing findings that do illustrate the positive impact of IT enabled investments on firm performance. Several studies concluded that the necessary conditions to overcome the IT productivity paradox ...

Obtaining business value from IT is a recurring theme that has diffused into healthcare information systems (HIS) where stakeholders often question the value of IT investments. Having finished the implementation of an integrated HIS, the Faroese Health Service (FHS) has started discussions about getting value from their IT investment, and how to reap those benefits is the subject of this paper....