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What is the business value of Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA) and how can we achieve it? This paper represents a conceptual piece of research which focuses on the impact of IT Business Alignment (ITBA) on the successful implementation of SOA, in terms of its business value. The contribution of this model is predominant in proposing a threefold effect of ITBA on achieving a successful implementation of SOA through the specific strategic needs defined by a particular firm in a specific industry, i.e., the banking industry. As a result, we show that the business strategy moderates the impact of SOA’s general potentials on its actual business value and claim that this relationship is further moderated by ITBA, which must be thoroughly considered by practitioners deciding on introducing SOA in their firm.
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Beimborn, D., Joachim, N. (2009). Proposing the Relationship between IT Business Alignment and the Business Value of Service-Oriented Architectures in Financial Firms. In: Kundisch, D., Veit, D.J., Weitzel, T., Weinhardt, C. (eds) Enterprise Applications and Services in the Finance Industry. FinanceCom 2008. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 23. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01197-9_6
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