Article reviews
A study of IS assets, IS ambidexterity, and IS alignment: The dynamic managerial capability perspective
Jeffrey C.F. Tai. Eric T.G. Wang. Hsi-Yin Yeh. (2019), Information & Management , 56 (1) , 55-69.
This study investigates factors supporting IS-business alignment, which is understood as the alignment of information systems with required strategic decision support and operational support.
Information systems strategy IT competence Business – IT alignment
How information technology governance mechanisms and strategic alignment influence organizational performance: Insights from a matched survey of business and IT managers
Shelly Ping-Ju Wu. Detmar W. Straub. Ting-Peng Liang. (2015), Management Information Systems Quarterly , 39 (2) , 497-518.
This study investigates how organizational value is created through IT governance mechanisms and business-IT strategic alignment. It shows that IT governance can facilitate alignment between IT strategy and business strategy, and thereby lead to performance improvements.
Information systems strategy Business – IT alignment Digital leadership
IT assets, organizational capabilities, and firm performance: How resource allocations and organizational differences explain performance variation
Sinan Aral. Peter Weill. (2007), Organization Science , 18 (5) , 749-883.
The study seeks to explain firm level variations in the returns to IT investments and investigates how IT investment allocations and IT capabilities influence performance.
Information systems strategy IT competence
How information technology strategy and investments influence firm performance: Conjecture and empirical evidence
Sunil Mithas. Roland T. Rust. (2016), Management Information Systems Quarterly , 40 (1) , 223-245.
This article investigates how IT strategy and IT investments influence profitability and the market value of the firm. IT strategy refers to the dominant strategic objective that the firm emphasizes, which can be revenue expansion, cost reduction, or a dual emphasis in which both goals are pursued.
Information systems strategy
The role of IT application orchestration capability in improving agility and performance
Magno Queiroz. Paul P. Tallon. Rajeev Sharma. Tim Coltman. (2018), Journal of Strategic Information Systems , 27 (1) , 4-21.
This paper investigates how a firm’s ability to renew its portfolio of IT applications (i.e. IT application orchestration capability) impacts firm performance.
Organizational agility Information systems strategy
Improving strategic flexibility with information technologies: Insights for firm performance in an emerging economy
Yang Chen. Yi Wang. Saggi Nevo. Jose Benitez. Gang Kou. (2017), Journal of Information Technology , 32 (1) , 10-25.
This study focuses on the business value of IT and explores how IT-enabled core competencies can enhance strategic flexibility of firms.
IT competence Organizational agility
Enhancing the measurement of information technology (IT) business alignment and its influence on company performance
Jerry Luftman. Kalle Lyytinen. Tal ben Zvi. (2017), Journal of Information Technology , 32 (1) , 26–46.
This article develops a measure of IT-business alignment and defines the scope and nature of activities that contribute to alignment.
Information systems strategy Business – IT alignment
Understanding employee competence, operational IS alignment, and organizational agility - an ambidexterity perspective
Zhou, Jingmei. Bi, Gongbing. Liu, Hefu. Fang, Yulin. Hua, Zhongsheng. (2018), Information & Management , 55 (6) , 695-708.
This study examines the relationship between business-IS alignment and organizational agility. The concept of OISA ambidexterity is applied to discuss the need for combining two alignment types (structural and social) at the strategy implementation stage to achieve organizational agility.
Organizational agility IT competence Information systems strategy Business – IT alignment
Exploring the relationships between IT competence, innovation capacity and organizational agility
Ravichandran, T. (2018), Journal of Strategic Information Systems , 27 (1) , 22-42.
The results of the study show that a firm’s IT competence and innovation capacity are significant enablers for organizational agility, which again is positively related with firm performance.
Organizational agility IT competence
Understanding the link between information technology capability and organizational agility: An empirical examination
Ying Lu. K. Ramamurthy. (2011), Management Information Systems Quarterly , 35 , 931-954.
This article concerns the relationship between IT capability and organizational agility. IT capability refers to a firm’s ability to acquire, deploy, combine, and reconfigure IT resources in support and enhancement of business strategies and work processes. Organizational agility is a firm’s ability to cope with rapid, relentless, and uncertain changes and thrive in a competitive environment of continually and unpredictably changing opportunities.
Organizational agility