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Article reviews:
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
Information systems use as strategy practice: A multi-dimensional view of strategic information system implementation and use
Viktor Arvidsson. Jonny Holmström. Kalle Lyytinen. (2014), Journal of Strategic Information Systems , 23 (1) , 45-61.
This article discusses challenges of implementing strategic change associated with information system implementation and use. The concept of strategy blindness is used to describe the incapability of an organization to realize the strategic intent of implemented, available system capabilities.
Information systems strategy Business – IT alignment
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
Firm-level capabilities towards big data value creation
Morten Brinch. Angappa Gunasekaran. Samuel Fosso Wamba. (2021), Journal of Business Research , 131 , 539-548.
The purpose of this study is to identify firm-level capabilities required to create value from big data.
IT competence Data & Business analytics
Embracing digital innovation in incumbent firms: How Volvo Cars managed competing concerns
Fredrik Svahn. Lars Mathiassen. Rikard Lindgren. (2017), Management Information Systems Quarterly , 41 (1) , 239-253.
This article discusses how incumbent organizations must manage four interrelated competing concerns as they embrace digital innovation.
IT and innovation Digital transformation
Does information technology improve open innovation performance? An examination of manufacturers in Spain
Jaime Gómez. Idana Salazar. Pilar Vargas. (2017), Information Systems Research , 28 (3) , 451-679.
This article focuses on the role of IT in open innovation. Based on the argument that the costs of incorporating external knowledge into an organization’s innovation activities are reduced by IT that enable efficient management and integration of knowledge, the article studies the moderating effect of IT investments on open innovation performance.
IT and innovation
Aligning with new digital strategy: A dynamic capabilities approach
Adrian Yeow. Christina Soh. Rina Hansen. (2018), Journal of Strategic Information Systems , 27 (1) , 43-58.
This article examines the IT alignment process in an organization that augments its pure business-to-business model with an Internet-based business-to-consumer digital strategy. It seeks to answer the question of how the aligning process unfolds through organizational actions in a digital strategy context.
Information systems strategy Digital transformation Business – IT alignment
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
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