Business-IT Alignment Literature Review: A Bibliometric Analysis

Yu Jia, Nianxin Wang and Shilun Ge
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Yu Jia: School of Economics and Management, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China
Nianxin Wang: School of Economics and Management,Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China
Shilun Ge: School of Economics and Management, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China & School of Management, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng, China

Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ), 2018, vol. 31, issue 3, 34-53

Abstract: The purpose of this article is to portray the knowledge evolution paths of business-IT alignment (BITA) research and identify a set of important papers in the development of BITA, and elucidate the intellectual structure of this field. This study collected 309 papers published during the period 1983-2015 from the Web of Science (WOS) database. Using a variety of bibliometric and visualization analytic techniques such as citation analysis, co-citation analysis and main path analysis, this article (1) delineates the significant knowledge flows of BITA research and identifies 15 important papers in this field; (2) graphically maps the influential countries, institutions, and journals of BITA research; (3) identifies four major research themes: BITA model, measurement, antecedents, and dynamics, and visualizing the relationships among them. Based on these findings, recommendations for the future research directions have suggested. This article provides IT practitioners, executives, and scholars with a new perspective to get a better understanding of BITA.

Date: 2018
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