In this paper, we develop aconccptual model of information technologyoutsourcing using a set of benefits and risks as determinants and performance as consequences. We then test our model.using primary data from a questionnaire survey involving the chief information officers in 159 Fortune 500 corporations, combined with appropriate secondarydata from corporate financial statements. Our results ...

Despite the financial crisis and ongoing need for cost cutting, companies all around the world heavily invest in Information Systems (IS) and underlying Information Technology (IT). Proliferation of governance of enterprise IT helps companies manage, or rather, governs IS as a primary business function with executive management involved in making decision about IS and IT. The business value of ...

This research investigates the current status of business process reengineering (BPR) in China by answering the following two questions: How do Chinese business executives view benefits, critical success factors, and major obstacles of BPR implementation? What are the managerial implications of BPR in China? Data were collected by means of survey questionnaires to senior managers in Beijing and...

This study aims to scrutinize the effect of emotional intelligence on performances chief financial officers (CFOs). To realize this aim, first, concepts and manager were illustrated. Secondly, after theoretical debate, answer research question “How can affect selected Turkish companies?” was tried be answered. As a result quantitative analysis, findings obtained from linear regression analysis ...

We use an original data base of state leadership to address the following question: Does continuity of state educational leaders promote state educational performance? To answer that question we analyze state performance since the early 1990s on the National Assessment of Educational Progress reading and math exams for 4th and 8th graders. We account for variation in those measures by examining...

Performance-based pay is an important instrument to align the interests of managers with the interests of shareholders. However, recent evidence suggests that high-powered incentives also provide managers with incentives to manipulate the firm's reported earnings. The previous literature has focused primarily on Chief Executive Officers, but managers further down in the firm hierarchy—division ...

• The TPG-National Payor Roundtable (TPG-NPRT) focuses on market access programs within the United States and is a subsidiary of The Pharmacy Group. • The JeSTARx Group provides evidence-based research and support to the Healthcare Industry. • The TPG-NPRT maintains a proprietary database of Chief Medical Officers, Chief Pharmacy Officers and other key decision makers from health plans in the U...