The visions of what constitutes Industry 4.0 is an industry based on gains in efficiency and
productivity enhancements supported by integrated, smart information systems. This has …

Due to the turbulent external business environment, the complexity of internal relations of
the organization and the emergence of subversive IT roles, the business-IT alignment (BITA) …

This research grew out of the work of Nfuka & Rusu (2010), who identified eleven critical
success factors (CSFs) that need to be considered for effective information technology (IT) …

Abstract Business-IT Alignment (BITA), one of the widely explored topics in the IS research
domain, remains to be challenging. The extant literature provides a long list of factors that …

Today, technology is a key component in resolving a range of strategic issues; organisations
are becoming increasingly dependent on Information Technology (IT) to improve their …

In research, many barriers to BITA are presented based on different theoretical frameworks.
However, these barriers are studied either from a pure theoretical perspective or with limited …

IT alignment, even though extensively researched in the last decades, remains to be
challenging. Previous studies are criticised for two reasons. First, the majority of the studies …

The widespread acceptance of digital transformation has brought the topic to the top of
researchers' and practitioners' agendas. However, despite the anticipated benefits and …

Researchers have called for more research on the causal relationships between IT
investments and organizational performance. The findings of empirical studies have been …

Abstract Information technology (IT) alignment studies which focus on conceptual debates
have left little room for studies investigating practical issues such as organisational structure …