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How Social Capital Among Information Technology and Business Units Drives Operational Alignment and IT Business Value

Heinz-Theo Wagner German Graduate School of Management and Law (GGS), Heilbronn
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Daniel Beimborn Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Germany
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Tim Weitzel University of Bamberg, Germany
Pages 241-272 | Published online: 05 Dec 2014

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