IT productivity paradox is one of the biggest debates in the IS literature. Even though, recent studies have identified the theoretical and methodological errors that cause this paradox, we still don’t fully understand how IT investment influences overall firm performance. This paper presents an empirical study that examines the influences of IT investment on firm performance. More importantly,...

Knowledge creation has emerged as a critical area in information systems research in the past decade (Nonaka 1994). However, the mechanism through which knowledge creation enhances firm performance remains unclear. This paper examines the role of organization agility as a mediator between knowledge creation processes and firm performance. Our survey study of 134 firms indicates that two forms o...

While building on the contingency theory, this paper proposes a conceptual framework that links five factors: a) internal forces, b) external forces, c) past web and firm performance, d) current web and firm performance, and e) e-marketing strategy in terms of the strategy defined for the 4Ws (Web-Design, Web-Promotion, Web-Price, and WebCRM). Future research is encouraged to build on this fram...

Article history: Received 4 August 2006 Received in revised form 6 February 2008 Accepted 12 February 2008 Available online 8 April 2008 This study examines the relationships among entrepreneurial orientation, knowledge creation process, and firm performance using survey data from 165 entrepreneurs. We use LISREL analysis to test the direct and indirect effects of the entrepreneurial orientatio...

This paper demonstrates that quality-contingent pricing is a useful mechanism for mitigating the negative effects of quality uncertainty in e-commerce and information technology services. Under contingency pricing of an information good or service, the firm pre-announces a rebate for poor performance. Consumers determine performance probabilities using publicly available historical performance ...

This study examines whether or not the positions of the network affect firm performance. A sample set involves 35 firms in the semiconductor industry, including four main subsidiary industries: fables, IC manufacturing, packaging and testing. Different from previous research, this study tests relational measurement and firm performance. We collected patent citation data to represent diverse org...

The central aim of supply chain management, to have the right product in the right quantities (at the right place) at the right moment at minimal cost. Advancements in information technologies have enabled major innovations in the reengineering of industry's supply chains, redefining the ways companies operate their supply chains. New ventures have emerged to create values for business partners...

Enterprise Performance Analytics entails the systematic utilization of information analytical techniques for performance measurement and control. While possibly overcoming a number conventional analysis problems associated with Management Systems, like info overload, absence cause effect human relationships, lack holistic view business, investigation in area remains infancy its. An extensive it...

While firms are investing heavily in information technology (IT), the evidence of whether or not those investments are rewarded by the improved firm performance is mixed. Many studies have looked at the impact of IT investment on firm performance without considering the effectiveness and efficiency of the information system deployed. This could be very troublesome because different firms adopt,...

Despite the growing importance of IT enabled offshoring in the present day business, there is little academic research devoted to the subject. Moreover, to our knowledge, research on the impact of offshoring on firm performance is virtually non-existent, which is the prime motivation for this study. In this research, using resource-based view and resource dependence theory we conceptualize offs...