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Unraveling the alignment paradox: How does business-IT alignment shape organizational agility?

Huigang Liang.  Nianxin Wang.  Yajiong Xue.  Shilun Ge.  (2017),  Information Systems Research , 28 (4) , 863-879.

The study concerns the relationship between organizational agility and business–IT alignment. Agility is defined as a firmwide capability to sense and respond effectively to market opportunities and threats. Alignment refers to the degree of fit and integration among business strategy, business infrastructure, and IT infrastructure.


Information systems strategy IT competence Organizational agility 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

Role of big data analytics capability in developing integrated hospital supply chains and operational flexibility: An organizational information processing theory perspective

Wantao Yu.  Gen Zhao.  Qi Liu.  Yongtao Song.  (2021),  Technological Forecasting and Social Change , 163

This study investigates the role of big data analytics (BDA) capability in developing hospital supply chain integration (SCI) and operational flexibility.


Organizational agility Data & Business analytics

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



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