Information technology (IT) investment and the role of a firm: an exploratory study

被引:18
作者
Teo, TSH
Wong, PK
Chia, EH
机构
[1] Natl Univ Singapore, Fac Business Adm, Dept Decis Sci, Singapore 119260, Singapore
[2] Natl Univ Singapore, Fac Business Adm, Ctr Management Innovat & Technopreneurship, Singapore 119260, Singapore
关键词
information technology; IT investment; management objectives; IT performance;
D O I
10.1016/S0268-4012(00)00016-5
中图分类号
G25 [图书馆学、图书馆事业]; G35 [情报学、情报工作];
学科分类号
1205 ; 120501 ;
摘要
This study extends Weill's (Do computers payoff? A study of information technology, investments and manufacturing performance. Washington, DC: International Center for Information Technologies, Information Systems Research, 3(4), 307-333) work by categorizing IT investment into four types of management objectives: transactional, strategic, informational and threshold. The relationships between these management objectives and firm's role (defined in terms of traditional, evolving and strategic) are investigated through a questionnaire survey of managers in the service sector. As expected, firms adopting a traditional role seem to favor investment in transactional IT. However, there appears to be an increasing emphasis on strategic IT investment for all three types of firms, regardless of the role of ET. Implications of the results are discussed. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd, All rights reserved.
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页码:269 / 286
页数:18
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