Information Technology Governance and Strategy

Organizations increasingly depend on technology to execute their strategies, yet closing the gap between what IT systems do and what the business actually needs remains a persistent and costly challenge. Research in IT governance and strategy examines how firms structure decision-making authority over technology investments, how chief information officers translate business priorities into technical choices, and how formal frameworks like enterprise architecture shape organizational performance over time. A central tension in the literature concerns whether alignment is best understood as a static fit between IT and business plans or as a dynamic capability that must continuously adapt to shifting competitive conditions. Active work is also probing how governance mechanisms that proved effective in centralized settings hold up as cloud computing, platform ecosystems, and AI reshape where control over critical IT decisions actually resides.

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Keywords

IT AlignmentBusiness StrategyInformation Technology GovernanceEnterprise ArchitectureStrategic Information Systems PlanningIT Governance