Determining the value contribution of IS investments is a crucial task to support conscious decisions, e.g. about the scope or for or against the implementation of these investments. IS investments transform an enterprise not only in its IS related architecture, but often enable enhancements within the business related architecture. Valuating IS investments from an integral point of view theref...

This study investigates the value of the strategic flexibility provided by firms’ international investments during an economic crisis, defined here as an unanticipated significant downturn in the economy. To avoid below-par performance, firms need to adapt quickly to this significant change in their environment, making real options very valuable to them. Although firms’ international investment...

conclusions the frequency of nis in this hospital was lower in comparison with other worldwide studies. however, low incidence of health care-associated infections in our study may be due to under diagnosis and underreporting of such infections by health care staff. results the incidence of nis was low (i.e. < 2%). among 16936 admitted patients in this hospital, 174 patients (79 males and 95 fe...

Building on organizational learning theory, we seek to identify the performance effects of security investments that arise from previous failures or external regulatory pressure. This study focuses on the healthcare sector where legislation mandates breach disclosure and detailed data on security investments are available. Using a Cox proportional hazard model, we demonstrate that proactive sec...

Determining whether investments in information technology (IT) have beneficial effects on an organization is an area of research that continues to interest academics, managers, and investors. Our study contributes to this line of research by examining the effect of investments in IT on the risk profiles of a sample of companies. Additionally, we examine whether different types of IT investments...

In light of the growing relevance of customeroriented business strategies IT investments in the field of Customer Relationship Management have increased considerably. However, firms often could not realize sufficient returns on these IT investments. One major reason for this failure seems to be the lack of appropriate approaches to determine the economic impact of such investments ex ante. Ther...

This study investigates the effect of information technology (IT) investments on initial bond ratings and yield spreads for U.S. firms. The results indicate that the impact of IT investments on the bond ratings and yield spreads is different across industries, consistent with varying IT risks across industries. The findings suggest that credit-rating agencies and bond investors consider IT inve...