Evolution of information systems strategy in a financial services company

Ruud Vet, Steve C.A. Peters and Michael S.H. Heng
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Ruud Vet: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Econometrie (Free University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics Sciences, Business Administration and Economitrics

No 45, Serie Research Memoranda from VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Econometrics

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: IS strategy; Organizational change; Evolution; IS planning methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M10 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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