企业信息技术匹配动态调整模式的多案例研究

doi:10.6049/kjjbydc.2016100526

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY PROGRESS AND POLICY

Trajectories of Firm's Business and IT Alignment: a MultiCase Study

Wang Nianxin,Du Lingyu,Ge Shilun

1.School of Economics and Management,Jiangsu University of Science and Technology,Zhenjiang 212003,China;2.Yancheng Institute of Technology,Yancheng 224051,China

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Abstract In the settings of constantly changing external and internal environments,firms should adjust their business and IT strategies and structures to realize sustainable IT alignment.By following the methodology of case study,trajectories of three Chinese firms' IT alignment are analyzed,and antecedents of IT alignment trajectory are identified.The results indicate that: ①there are four kinds of IT alignment trajectories including ideal trajectory,paradoxical decision,excessive transformation,and uncertain turnaround; ②dynamics of IT alignment does not necessarily lead to higher level of IT alignment,which depends on previous profile of IT alignment and trajectory of IT alignment; ③many external and internal factors influence firms to select trajectories of IT alignment.Based upon practical implications from these three firms' case study，this paper provides some managerial guidelines for Chinese firms to realize dynamic IT alignment.

Key words： IT Alignment Dynamics Trajectory Case Study

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Wang Nianxin,Du Lingyu,Ge Shilun. Trajectories of Firm's Business and IT Alignment: a MultiCase Study[J]. SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY PROGRESS AND POLICY, 2017, 34(19): 98-106.

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