Abstract This paper investigates how IT application orchestration – a dynamic capability encapsulating a firm’s ability to refresh its application portfolio through a process of building, buying, and retiring IT applications – impacts firm performance. We propose a conceptual model in which the effect of IT application orchestration on firm performance is mediated by process agility. We further propose that a firm’s strategic orientation moderates the effect of IT application orchestration capability on process agility. Analysis of data from an international survey of IT executives supports our proposed hypotheses. This research contributes to the emergent literature on dynamic capabilities by proposing and testing a theory of how IT application orchestration capability affects agility and firm performance.

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IT应用程序编排功能在提高敏捷性和性能中的作用

摘要本文研究了IT应用程序编排（动态能力封装了公司通过构建，购买和淘汰IT应用程序来刷新其应用程序组合的能力）如何影响公司绩效。我们提出了一个概念模型，其中IT应用程序编排对公司绩效的影响由流程敏捷性来调节。我们进一步建议，公司的战略方向应适度地调整IT应用程序编排能力对流程敏捷性的影响。来自对IT管理人员的国际调查得出的数据分析支持了我们提出的假设。通过提出和测试有关IT应用程序编排能力如何影响敏捷性和公司绩效的理论，这项研究为有关动态能力的新兴文献做出了贡献。