Business and Information Technology Alignment Measurement -- a recent Literature Review

Since technology has been involved in the business context, Business and Information Technology Alignment (BITA) has been one of the main concerns of IT and Business executives and directors due to its importance to overall company performance, especially today in the age of digital transformation. Several models and frameworks have been developed for BITA implementation and for measuring their level of success, each one with a different approach to this desired state. The BITA measurement is one of the main decision-making tools in the strategic domain of companies. In general, the classical-internal alignment is the most measured domain and the external environment evolution alignment is the least measured. This literature review aims to characterize and analyze current research on BITA measurement with a comprehensive view of the works published over the last 15 years to identify potential gaps and future areas of research in the field.Comment: 12 pages, Preprint version, BIS 2018 International Workshops, Berlin, Germany, July 18 to 20, 2018, Revised Paper

Theoretical investigation of the performance of nonlinear optical properties in Push-pull chromophores derivatives of acrylo-azobenzene

International audienceDue to their strong molecular hyperpolarizability, organic push–pull materials are gaining interest for nonlinear optical applications. We were able to characterize the intramolecular charge transfer and the distribution of the electron cloud within the molecular unit by exciting these materials under the influence of an electric field. The series products of conjugated monomers derived from acrylo–azobenzene containing in the para position the attracting groups (–H, –NO2, –COOC2H5, –SO3H and –COOH) exhibit good nonlinear optical activity. We computed the nonlinear optical characteristics of these compounds as well as exploiting the theoretical calculations of DFT and AM1 to determine their hyperpolarizabilities. Besides, we investigated the increase in hyperpolarizability in the push–pull model of organic compounds under the effect of the strength of attracting groups, the existence of the conjugated π-electron and the azo bridge

The Doping Effect on Ferromagnetic Arrangement and Electronic Structure of Cubic AlAs with Low Concentration of 3d (V, Cr, and Mn) Impurities

The doping effect of aluminum arsenide (AlAs) with 3d (TM = V, Cr, and Mn) of transition metal impurities gives new materials called diluted magnetic semiconductors, which have interesting electronic and magnetic properties for spintronics applications. We have used the full-potential linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) method to calculate the electronic band structures and magnetic properties of Al1−xTMxAs at low concentration x = 0.0625 of transition metal (TM = V, Cr, and Mn) atoms. We have found that the majority-spin states of Al0.9375TM 0.0625As compounds are metallic due to large p-d hybridization between 3d levels of TM and the 4p levels of As around Fermi level, whereas the minority-spin states have semiconductor character. These compounds exhibit a half-metallic behavior with spin polarization of 100%, where the ferromagnetism is originated from double-exchange mechanism. Therefore, Al0.9375TM0.0625As (TM = V, Cr, and Mn) materials seem to be good candidates for spin injection in the field of spintronics applications