Shared knowledge, IT resources and business process performance

• Autor(a) principal: Moreno Junior, Valter de Assis
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Cavazotte, Flávia de Souza Costa Neves, Arruda, Ricardo Reis
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Administração de Empresas
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fgv.br/rae/article/view/21009
• topic: Shared knowledge; business-IT operational alignment; IT resources and capabilities; resource based view (RBV); business process.; Conocimiento compartido; alineación operacional entre TI y negocio; recursos y capacidades de TI; visión basada en recursos (VBR); procesos de negocios.; Conhecimento compartilhado; alinhamento operacional entre TI e negócio; recursos e capacidades de TI; visão baseada em recursos (VBR); processos de negócios.

This research assesses the effects of resources and capabilities related to Information Technology (IT), and of shared knowledge among IT and business managers, on the level of operational alignment between these areas, and, thereby, on the performance of business processes. Data was collected from IT and back office managers of 39 companies from Rio de Janeiro that operate in the service sector. Results of structural equations analysis suggest that operational alignment positively affects the performance of back office processes, which, by its turn, influences the satisfaction of process customers. Although IT resources and capabilities, as well as shared knowledge, do not seem to have a direct effect on the level of operational alignment, it was observed that, as IT and business areas share more knowledge, the flexibility of a company’s IT infrastructure tends to have stronger, positive effects on operational alignment. The results are discussed with their implications for theory and practice.