Management information systems in the Chinese business culture: an explanatory theory
Information and Management
Alignment Between Business and IS Strategies: A Study of Prospectors, Analyzers, and Defenders
Information Systems Research
The leveraging influence of strategic alignment on IT investment: an empirical examination
Information and Management
Executives' perceptions of the business value of information technology: a process-oriented approach
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special issue: Impacts of information technology investment on organizational performance
Journal of Management Information Systems
Achieving IT-Business Strategic Alignment via Enterprise-Wide Implementation of Balanced Scorecards
Information Systems Management
Critical Success Factors in Business Performance Management-Striving for Success
Information Systems Management
A Systematic Review of Business and Information Technology Alignment
ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems (TMIS)
Investigating the role of an enterprise architecture project in the business-IT alignment in Iran
Information Systems Frontiers
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Business-IT alignment has been consistently ranked as the number one concern of IT and business executives. Maintaining the alignment has been found to lead to stronger business performance, higher perceived value of IT and improved IS strategic planning; therefore addressing the issue is both important and timely. The economic growth in China in the last decade has led to greater availability of IT and its widespread use as a critical resource. Despite the increasing interest in Chinese IS issues by both researchers and practitioners, empirical research focusing on human- and organization-related IS issues in China is scarce. Using data collected from 130 business and IT executives from 22 companies in China, 11 of which were multinationals operating in China, we explored several questions in the area of business-IT alignment. An instrument designed to measure the six dimensions of business-IT alignment maturity was cross-validated using a sample of companies in China. Then, the instrument was refined to develop a measurement method that offered better reliability and validity in the context of Chinese companies. The relationship between the alignment maturity dimensions and IS strategic alignment was then examined. Finally, the alignment maturity of companies in China was assessed to provide a snapshot of business-IT alignment in China. A comparison between the 11 Chinese domestic companies and 11 multinational operating in China provided insight into the different IT practices of the two types of companies. Implications for researchers and practitioners are discussed.