Study on planning method to acquire MIS flexibility for IT/business strategy alignment

• Project/Area Number: 26330380
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Library and information science/Humanistic social informatics
• Research Institution: University of Toyama
• Principal Investigator: Furukawa Masaru 富山大学, 経済学部, 教授 (50279402)
• Research Collaborator: CHIGIRI Shifumi ; YOSHIDA Makoto
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
• Keywords: 情報システムの柔軟性 / ITとビジネスの戦略連携 / 経営情報システム / 情報システムの開発方法 / 情報システム管理 / IT基盤整備 / 情報システムアーキテクチャ / 情報システムの価値 / 変更のペナルティ / 情報システム開発方法

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order to develop an interdisciplinary discussion on IT/business strategy alignment, the concept of "flexibility of information system (IS flexibility)" presented though our research is essential. In our research, we clarified the mechanism using the alignment maturity level and IS flexibility of this strategy alignment against the question "Why can small and medium enterprises not be able to exchange from the legacy environment to a new one?"
By using this result of our reserch, it is possible to concretely examine the solution of "legacy problem" in small and medium enterprises.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] CRMの視点で見た家庭配置薬システムの可能性 コンティニュア認証機器を活用した日常生活圏医療 (2015)
  • Author(s): 古川勝，横山淳一，永井昌寛，山本勝
  • Journal Title: 日本情報経営学会誌 Volume: 9.6 Pages: 87-96
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] A Study on the “Flexibility” of Information Systems (Part 3): MIS Flexibility Planning Scheme for IT/Business Strategy Alignment (2014)
  • Author(s): Masaru Furukawa, Shigeki Hirobayashi, Tadanobu Misawa
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Business and Management Volume: 9 Issue: 6 Pages: 88-97
  • DOI: 10.5539/ijbm.v9n6p88
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Presentation] Flexibility Based Metrics at Diagnosis of New Technology Adoption (2017)
  • Author(s): Masaru Furukawa
  • Organizer: Pacific Asia Conference of Information Systems
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Continua-Certified Devices Assisted Community-Based Self-Medication (2016)
  • Author(s): Masaru Furukawa
  • Organizer: Association for Information Systems
  • Place of Presentation: 嘉義市、台湾
  • Year and Date: 2016-06-28
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] A Case Study on MIS Flexibility Planning for IT/Business Strategy Alignment (2014)
  • Author(s): Masaru Furukawa
  • Organizer: The First AIS-Journals Joint Author Workshop in ECIS
  • Place of Presentation: Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Year and Date: 2014-06-07 – 2014-06-10