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Aligning Information Technology, Organization, and Strategy

Effects on Firm Performance

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  1. Ferdinand Mahr
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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Introduction

    • Ferdinand Mahr
    Pages 1-18

  3. Information technology and firm performance: An integrative model of the role of complementarities

    • Ferdinand Mahr
    Pages 19-55

  4. Enhancing the performance effects of information technology through de/centralization: The role of corporate exploration and exploitation

    • Ferdinand Mahr
    Pages 57-87

  5. Hybrid strategy and firm performance: The moderating role of individual and technological ambidexterity

    • Ferdinand Mahr
    Pages 89-139

  6. Conclusion

    • Ferdinand Mahr
    Pages 141-148

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 149-183
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About this book

Information technology (IT) has the potential to substantially enhance firm performance. However, not all firms possess the complementary factors that unlock the full value of IT. Ferdinand Mahr develops an integrative theoretical model of IT complements such as organizational structure, human resource management, and corporate strategy. Further, he analyzes two unique datasets gathered through 1,500 telephone interviews with managers. He examines how the organization and management required to enable IT's positive performance effects differ with respect to a firm’s strategic orientation toward efficiency or innovation. He also shows that the use of a specific mix of IT can outweigh the usually detrimental performance effects of hybrid strategies that mix efficiency- and innovation-orientation. This book shows that IT does indeed matter if adequately aligned with organization and strategy.

About the author

Dr. Ferdinand Mahr was a research assistant and doctoral student of Prof. Dr. Tobias Kretschmer at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. He now works as a management consultant.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Aligning Information Technology, Organization, and Strategy

  • Book Subtitle: Effects on Firm Performance

  • Authors: Ferdinand Mahr

  • Series Title: Markt- und Unternehmensentwicklung Markets and Organisations

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8349-8940-6

  • Publisher: Gabler Verlag Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Gabler Verlag | Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, Wiesbaden 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-8349-2541-1Published: 14 September 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-8349-8940-6Published: 06 December 2010

  • Series ISSN: 2945-879X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2945-8803

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 183

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Innovation/Technology Management, Management

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