Studies have shown that misalignment, or the lack of alignment, between IT and business strategies is one of the main reasons why enterprises fail to realize the full potential of their IT investments. Within enterprise governance, the alignment analysis between IT and Business governance is becoming more important in achieving the organization’s goals by adding value while balancing risk versu...

The importance of business processes and the increasing centrality of IT to an organization’s performance have called for a specific focus on business process governance and IT governance in contemporary enterprises. Despite the wide scope of business process management, which covers both business and IT domains, and the profound impact of IT on process innovations, the association between busi...

The importance of business processes and the increasing centrality of IT to an organization’s performance have called for a specific focus on business process governance and IT governance in contemporary enterprises. Despite the wide scope of business process management, which covers both business and IT domains, and the profound impact of IT on process innovations, the association between busi...

Many studies of IS alignment have focused on the alignment between business strategy and IS strategy. This study is different to these prior studies as it develops a measure of IS alignment that is focused on business processes rather than business strategy. Therefore, it examines whether IS is aligned with business processes, i.e. the functional sub-component of the Henderson & Venkatraman (19...

Strategic IS alignment has typically been explored from the perspective of the individual business organization. For many organizations however effective strategic information systems alignment does not stop at the boundaries of the business, but rather extends to strategic stakeholder groups in the external environment. This paper, consequently, attempts to develop a theoretical framework that...

Business and IT alignment has continued as a top concern for business and IT executives for almost three decades. Many researchers have conducted empirical studies on the relationship between business-IT alignment and performance. Yet, these approaches, lacking a social perspective, have had little impact on sustaining performance and competitive advantage. In addition to the limited alignment ...

While researchers have encouraged more research on the causal chains between information technology investments and Business performance, the results of empirical studies have been inconclusive. This is partly due to the exclusion of IT-business strategic alignment. This study has examined the impact of IT-business strategic alignment antecedents in terms of leadership, structure and process, s...