Ideal patterns of strategic alignment and business performance

被引：233

作者：

Bergeron, F ^{[1
]}

Raymond, L

Rivard, S

机构：

[1] Univ Laval, Fac Sci Adm, Dept Syst Informat Org, Quebec City, PQ G1K 7P4, Canada

[2] Univ Quebec, Dept Sci Gest, Trois Rivieres, PQ GA9 5H7, Canada

[3] HEC Montreal, Dept Informat Technol, Montreal, PQ, Canada

来源：

INFORMATION & MANAGEMENT | 2004年 / 41卷 / 08期

关键词：

business strategy; business structure; IT strategy; IT structure; business performance; coalignment; gestalt; fit;

D O I：

10.1016/j.im.2003.10.004

中图分类号：

TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];

学科分类号：

0812 ;

摘要：

Strategic alignment or "fit" is a notion that is deemed crucial in understanding how organizations can translate their deployment of information technology (IT) into actual increases in performance. While previous theoretical and methodological works have provided foundations for identifying the dimensions and performance impacts of the strategic alignment between IT, strategy, and structure, few attempts have been made to test the proposed theory empirically and operationalize fit systemically. Based on a gestalt perspective of fit and theory-based ideal coalignment patterns, an operational model of strategic alignment is proposed and empirically validated through a mail survey of 110 small firms. Using cluster analysis, it was found that low-performance firms exhibited a conflictual coalignment pattern of business strategy, business structure, IT strategy, and IT structure that distinguished them from other firms. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：1003 / 1020

页数：18

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