RT Journal Article
T1 Digital strategy aligning in SMEs: a dynamic capabilities perspective.
A1 Canhoto, Ana Isabel
A1 Quinton, Sarah
A1 Pera, Rebecca
A1 Molinillo-Jiménez, Sebastián
A1 Simkin, Lyndon
K1 Pequeñas y medianas empresas - Innovaciones tecnológicas
AB Digital strategy alignment is a dominant concern for today’s managers and information systems researchers. Yet research in this area remains fragmented, particularly on the digital strategy alignment of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which is concerning owing to their value to European economies. Employing dynamic capabilities as an analytical lens, we investigate how 43 British, Irish, Italian, and Spanish SMEs, across five industry sectors, enact digital aligning. We identify a model of digital alignment comprising five phases, which we term “passive acceptance,” “connection,” “immersion,” “fusion,” and “transformation,” as well as the specific combinations of sensing, seizing, and reorganizing capabilities associated with each phase. Our model provides a holistic, practice-based perspective and highlights the role of micro-behaviors and leadership in SMEs implementing digital strategy.
YR 2021
FD 2021-07-31
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/28489
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/28489
LA eng
NO Canhoto, A. I., Quinton, S., Pera, R., Molinillo, S., & Simkin, L. (2021). Digital strategy aligning in SMEs: a dynamic capabilities perspective. Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 30(3), 101682.
NO Política de acceso abierto tomada de: https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/14184 (submitted version)
NO This research received funding from Oxford Brookes University, UK, internal small grants award number 0012-15/48.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026