Development Model of Strategic Alignment of Business and Information Technology

Document Type : Research

Authors

1 Post Doctoral Student, Tarbiyat Modares University.

2 Associat Professor, Tarbiyat Modares University

3 Assistance Professor, Azad University.

Abstract

Strategic alignment is the extent to which business strategy, and information technology (IT) strategy, business structure and IT structure are fit. The factors affecting the business-IT strategic alignment has been studied in several previous researches. Most of the studies have been conducted in developed countries particularly the USA and Canada. There is a debate in the literature that we should investigate the business-IT alignment theories in various countries with different cultures and environments. This brings the capability of theory generation. In this research, we first investigate the literature to extract the antecedents. Then, we categorize them and develop a theoretical model as a path diagram of a structural equation model. We aim to empirically investigate if these antecedents are effective in the strategic alignment in a developing country. For this purpose, we run the survey-based questionnaire and analyze the models based on PLS-SEM. Based on the results; there is a difference between factors affecting the business-IT strategic alignment in the developed countries and a developing country.

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Journal of Strategic Management Studies
Volume 4, Issue 14
September 2013
Pages 125-143

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  • Receive Date: 05 November 2012
  • Revise Date: 13 June 2019
  • Accept Date: 29 January 2013

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