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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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The productivity paradox of information technology

The productivity paradox of information technology refers to an observed inconsistency between technological advances and productivity growth. Many studies show that information technologies have no effect on performance in an off themselves – rather, they must be combined with other organizational resources to create competitive advantage.

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Responding to disruptive digital innovation

Digital innovations challenge the existence of traditional organizations and cause severe systemic effects in industries and markets. Building capabilities to respond to such digital disruptions is therefore a central concern for many organizations.

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e-Leadership through strategic alignment: An empirical study of small- and medium-sized enterprises in the digital age  

Weizi Li.  Kecheng Liu.  Maksim Belitski.  Abby Ghobadian.  Nicholas O'Regan.  (2016),  Journal of Information Technology , 31 (2) , 185-206.

This article examines how e-leadership capabilities in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) drive successful alignment between business strategy and digital technology.

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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.

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Increasing firm agility through the use of data analytics: The role of fit

Maryam Ghasemaghaei.  Khaled Hassanein.  Ofir Turel.  (2017),  Decision Support Systems , 101 , 95-105.

This article reports on a study investigating how data analytics use influences firm agility, and how this effect is moderated by the extent of congruence between data analytics tools and the users, data, and tasks.

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Big data analytics capabilities and innovation: The mediating role of dynamic capabilities and moderating effect of the environment

Patrick Mikalef.  Maria Boura.  George Lekakos.  John Krogstie.  (2019),  British Journal of Management , 30 (2) , 272-298.

This study examines the relationship between big data analytics capability (BDAC) and capabilities for radical and incremental innovation. BDAC refers to the ability of an organization to capture and analyse data towards the generation of insights by effectively orchestrating and deploying its data, technology, and talent.

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Agility in responding to disruptive digital innovation: Case study of an SME

Calvin M.L. Chan.  Say Yen Teoh.  Adrian Yeow.  Gary Pan.  (2018),  Information Systems Journal , 29 (2) , 436-455.

This paper reports on a case study investigating how an innovative small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) achieved agility to respond to disruptive digital innovation.

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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.

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Enabling firm performance through business intelligence and analytics: A dynamic capabilities perspective

Russell Torres.  Anna Sidorova.  Mary C. Jones.  (2018),  Information & Management , 55 (7) , 822-839.

This study examines the relationship between firm performance and business intelligence and analytics (BI&A), which is defined as a variety of organizational information practices that rely on the use of information technologies and involve the application of analytical techniques.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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