Impact of electronic data interchange technology on JIT shipments
Management Science
Does information technology lead to smaller firms?
Management Science
Technology investment and business performance
Communications of the ACM
Information Technology Effects on Firm Performance As Measured by Tobin's Q
Management Science
Information system integration
Communications of the ACM
Design Rules: The Power of Modularity Volume 1
Design Rules: The Power of Modularity Volume 1
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Information Systems Research
Information Technology and Firm Boundaries: Evidence From Panel Data
Information Systems Research
A Foundation for Flexible Automated Electronic Communication
Information Systems Research
Interorganizational Routines and Performance in Strategic Alliances
Organization Science
Modularity and Innovation in Complex Systems
Management Science
The Coevolution of Trust, Control, and Learning in Joint Ventures
Organization Science
Impact of service orientation at the business level
IBM Systems Journal
Interorganizational business process redesign: merging technological and process innovation
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special section: Strategic and competitive information systems
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special section: Strategic and competitive information systems
Coordinating for Flexibility in e-Business Supply Chains
Journal of Management Information Systems
Journal of Management Information Systems
Soa: principles of service design
Soa: principles of service design
SOA Governance: Achieving and Sustaining Business and IT Agility
SOA Governance: Achieving and Sustaining Business and IT Agility
Is the World Flat or Spiky? Information Intensity, Skills, and Global Service Disaggregation
Information Systems Research
From Association to Causation via a Potential Outcomes Approach
Information Systems Research
Competitive Environment and the Relationship Between IT and Vertical Integration
Information Systems Research
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This study investigates the effect of information technology IT architecture flexibility on strategic alliance formation and firm value. We first examine the effect of three dimensions of IT architecture flexibility open communication standards, cross-functional transparency, and modularity on formation of three types of alliances arm's-length, collaborative, and joint-venture alliances, respectively. Then, we examine how capabilities in IT flexibility can enhance the value derived from alliances. Our sample includes data from 169 firms that are publicly listed in the United States and that span multiple industries. We find that adoption of open communication standards is associated with the formation of arm's-length alliances, and modularity of IT architecture is associated with the formation of joint ventures. We also find that IT architecture flexibility enhances the value of arm's-length, collaborative, and joint-venture alliances. The contribution of IT flexibility to value is greater in the case of collaborative alliances than in arm's-length alliances. Taken together, these findings suggest that appropriate investments in IT can help to facilitate reconfiguration of resources and modification of processes in collaboration-intensive alliances. This paper was accepted by Ramayya Krishnan, information systems.