Authors demonstrate a positive relationship between firms investments in it resources. Results suggest that firms investing in it perform better and perceive a competitive advantage in their industry. Limitations include Survey research using data from a single source at a particular point in time.
Authors demonstrate a positive relationship between firms investments in it resources. Results suggest that firms investing in it perform better and perceive a competitive advantage in their industry. Limitations include Survey research using data from a single source at a particular point in time.
Authors demonstrate a positive relationship between firms investments in it resources. Results suggest that firms investing in it perform better and perceive a competitive advantage in their industry. Limitations include Survey research using data from a single source at a particular point in time.
demostrate a positive relationship between firms investments in IT resources that support primary process and (a) their financial performance in terms of sales growth and (b) firms assessment of their own activities to create competitive advantages.
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Spesifically, authors build on two
variables that measure firms IT investments in primary and secondar processes to develop a firm typology. The relationship between IT investments and firm performance is less straightforward than it appears. It results suggest that firms investing in IT perform better and perceive a competitive advantage in their industry.
CONCLUSION And LIMITATIONS
Conclusion
The research support to the notion that
IT can help a firm improve its primary processes, which translate into performance gains and competitive advantages.
Limitations
First, Authors have surveyed typical Swiss
SMEs from different business sectors. To generalize this findings to other countries and settings, more research is needed. Therefore, researcher call for replications of this study in different enviromental. Second, Survey research using data from a single source at a particular point in time suffers limitations.
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Third, Authors have relied on porter
(1985) value chain logic, at the expense of considering other sources of value creation. Fourth, Authors measured the performance associated with IT investments as change in sales; researchers also could measure sales change using a continuous variable in multivariate analyses.