“…Previous studies on strategic management have indeed suggested that strategic alignment greatly determines business performance (Cao & Hoffman, 2011;Cao & Schniederjans, 2004;Dawley, Hoffman, & Lamont, 2002;Joshi, Kathuria, & Porth, 2003;Lingle & Schiemann, 1996;Schniederjans & Cao, 2009). Aligning strategy and operations is assumed to be a key determinant of firm performance and competitive advantage (Balau, 2015;Scur & Heinz, 2016). More specifically, an effectively aligned IS strategy correlates positively to information technology (IT) infrastructure development, which in turn arguably shapes business models and impacts firm performance (Baker, Jones, Cao, & Song, 2011; Bharadwaj, El Sawy, Pavlou, & Venkatraman, 2013; Choe, 2016; Peppard, Galliers, & Thorogood, 2014).…”