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Creating value from big data
Big data is heralded as the next big thing for organizations to gain a competitive edge, and it has become the focus of academic and corporate investigation due to its high operational and strategic potential. However, many big data projects provide disappointing results. It is therefore important to understand the mechanisms and processes through which big data can add value to organizations.
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Paradoxes and the nature of ambidexterity in IT transformation programs
Robert Wayne Gregory. Mark Keil. Jan Muntermann. Magnus Mähring. (2015), Information Systems Research , 26 (1) , 57-80.
This article discusses tensions related to goals and priorities that managers need to resolve in IT transformation programs. These tensions are related to the need for managers to mutually accommodate business and IT interests, and balance short-term operational IT contributions and long-term efforts to revamp the IT-platform.
Digital transformation Digital leadership
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
Information technology competencies, organizational agility, and firm performance: Enabling and facilitating roles
Anindita Chakravarty. Rajdeep Grewal. Vallabh Sambamurthy. (2013), Information Systems Research , 24 (4) , 976-997.
This article investigates the relationship between IT competencies and two types of organizational agility (adaptive and entrepreneurial). It shows that the impact of IT competencies depends on the level of environmental dynamism. The empirical context of the study is business-to-business electronic marketplaces.
Organizational agility IT competence
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
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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