Strategy and computers
In the age of the smart machine: the future of work and power
In the age of the smart machine: the future of work and power
Management strategies for information technology
Management strategies for information technology
Journal of Management Information Systems
Strategic information systems: myths, reality and guidelines for successful implementation
European Journal of Information Systems
Draining the swamp: defining strategic use of the information systems resource
Information and Management
The grassroots of IT and strategy
Strategic information systems
Information systems innovation among organizations
Management Science
Putting the enterprise into the enterprise system
Harvard Business Review
Information and Management
Planning for information technology in a federated organization
Information and Management
Strategic information systems planning: the IT strategy implementation matrix
European Journal of Information Systems
CEO and CIO perceptions of information systems strategy: evidence from Hong Kong
European Journal of Information Systems
Information systems strategies in knowledge-based SMEs: the role of core competencies
European Journal of Information Systems
Strategic Planning for Information Systems
Strategic Planning for Information Systems
Information Systems Conceptual Foundations: Looking Backward and Forward
HOIT '00 Proceedings of the IFIP TC9 WG9.3 International Conference on Home Oriented Informatics and Telematics,: Information, Technology and Society
The Coevolution of New Organizational Forms
Organization Science
Information Systems Research
Profiles of Strategic Information Systems Planning
Information Systems Research
The Dynamics of Alignment: Insights from a Punctuated Equilibrium Model
Organization Science
Alignment Between Business and IS Strategies: A Study of Prospectors, Analyzers, and Defenders
Information Systems Research
Information Systems Research
Exploration vs. Exploitation: An Empirical Test of the Ambidexterity Hypothesis
Organization Science
Change factors requiring agility and implications for IT
European Journal of Information Systems - Including a special section on business agility and diffusion of information technology
The role of metaphors in strategic information systems planning
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special section: Strategic and competitive information systems
Group support systems for strategic planning
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special section: The impacts of business process change on organizational performance
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special section: Navigation in information-intensive environments
The chief information officer: a study of managerial roles
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special section: Strategic and competitive information systems
Key issues in information systems management: an international perspective
Journal of Management Information Systems
Key prescriptions for strategic information systems planning
Journal of Management Information Systems
Strategic information systems planning: A case study from the financial services industry
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
IS Strategic Planning for Operational Efficiency
Information Systems Management
A Process-Oriented Perspective on the Alignment of Information Technology and Business Strategy
Journal of Management Information Systems
Antecedents of IS Strategic Alignment: A Nomological Network
Information Systems Research
Information Systems Research
Innovating mindfully with information technology
MIS Quarterly
Information strategies in UK higher education institutions
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
Information systems strategies for multinational companies in Arab Gulf countries
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
Testing and Extending Theory in Strategic Information Systems Planning Through Literature Analysis
Information Resources Management Journal
An empirical investigation of the relationship of IS strategy with firm performance
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
A review of research trends in strategic information-systems planning
International Journal of Business Information Systems
Information systems strategy: Past, present, future?
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Information systems strategy: Quo vadis?
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Success factors for information logistics strategy - An empirical investigation
Decision Support Systems
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Information systems strategy is of central importance to IS practice and research. Our extensive review of the literature suggests that the concept of IS strategy is a term that is used readily; however, it is also a term that is not fully understood. In this study, we follow a perspective paradigm based on the strategic management literature to define IS strategy as an organizational perspective on the investment in, deployment, use, and management of IS. Through a systematic literature search, we identify the following three conceptions of IS strategy employed implicitly in 48 articles published in leading IS journals that focus on the construct of IS strategy: (1) IS strategy as the use of IS to support business strategy; (2) IS strategy as the master plan of the IS function; and (3) IS strategy as the shared view of the IS role within the organization. We find the third conception best fits our definition of IS strategy. As such, we consequently propose to operationalize IS strategy as the degree to which the organization has a shared perspective to seek innovation through IS. Specifically, our proposed IS strategic typology suggests an organization's IS strategy falls into one of the two defined categories (i.e., IS innovator or IS conservative) or is simply undefined. We also develop measures for this new typology. We argue that the proposed instrument, which was cross-validated across both chief information officers and senior business executives, has the potential to serve as a diagnostic tool through which the organization can directly assess its IS strategy. We contend that our reconceptualization and operationalization of IS strategy provides theoretical and practical implications that advance the current level of understanding of IS strategy from extant studies within three predominant literature streams: strategic IS planning, IS/business strategic alignment, and competitive use of IS.