基于元分析技术的IT-业务融合与企业绩效关系研究

Meta-analysis on Relationship between IT-business Alignment and Business Performance

IT-业务融合问题一直是信息系统领域研究的热点话题。一方面,许多学者直接将IT-业务融合能够提升企业绩效这一结论作为研究的潜在假设;另一方面,有研究提出"融合悖论",认为IT-业务融合会使企业陷入"刚性陷阱"。那么,IT-业务融合与企业绩效之间的关系到底是怎样的?利用元分析技术对二者关系进行定量综合分析,并探寻这一影响关系的边界条件。分析结果显示,IT-业务融合显著地正向影响企业绩效(r=0.398),同时二者间关系受到融合的测量方式、数据调查方法和研究年份的调节作用;行业和企业规模的影响关系尚不明朗,需要进一步验证。

IT -business alignment has always been a hot topic in the field of information systems research. On the one hand, many scholars regard the conclusion that IT - business alignment can improve business performance as the underlying assumptions directly. On the other hand, some studies put forward ＂alignment paradox＂ , thinking that IT - business alignment can make the enterprise come into ＂rigid trap＂ . So what the relationship is between IT-business alignment and business performance？ This paper uses meta-analysis to test the relationship between them quantitatively and explores the boundary conditions. Analysis results show that IT - business alignment influences business performance signally （ r=0.398 ） , in the way of measuring method, data investigation method and research time. The influence of the industry and enterprise scale is unclear and still needs to further research.