Articles related to Information systems strategy
An ambidextrous approach on the business analytics-competitive advantage relationship: Exploring the moderating role of business analytics strategy
Amir Ashrafi. Ahad Zareravasan. (2022), Technological Forecasting and Social Change , 179
The study investigates 1) the impact of business analytics (BA) on firm competitive advantage, and 2) how innovative ambidexterity and BA strategy contribute to the BA-competitive advantage link.
Information systems strategy Data & Business analytics
Big data analytics: Understanding its capabilities and potential benefits for healthcare organizations
Yichuan Wang. LeeAnn Kung. Terry Anthony Byrd. (2018), Technological Forecasting and Social Change , 126 , 3-13.
This study identifies big data analytics capabilities and explores the potential benefits they may bring to healthcare organizations. The results provide support in formulating more effective data-driven analytics strategies.
Information systems strategy Data & Business analytics
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
Digital transformation strategy making in pre-digital organizations: The case of a financial services provider
Simon Chanias. Michael D. Myers. Thomas Hess. (2019), Journal of Strategic Information Systems , 28 (1) , 17-33.
This article reports on a study of the processes of dynamic and emergent strategy making related to formulating and implementing a digital transformation strategy in a pre-digital financial services organization
Information systems strategy Digital transformation Digital leadership
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
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
