IT competency and firm performance: Is organizational learning a missing link?

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Tippins, MJ; Sohi, RS
• 署名单位: University of Wisconsin System; University of Nebraska System; University of Nebraska Lincoln
• 刊物名称: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0143-2095
• DOI: 10.1002/smj.337
• 发表日期: 2003
• 页码: 745-761
• 关键词: organizational learning; information technology competency; resource-based view; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

摘要

Many companies have developed strategies that include investing heavily in information technology (IT) in order to enhance their performance. Yet, this investment pays off for some companies but not others. This study proposes that organization learning plays a significant role in determining the outcomes of IT. Drawing from resource theory and IT literature, the authors develop the concept of IT competency. Using structural equations modeling with data collected from managers in 271 manufacturing firms, they show that organizational learning plays a significant role in mediating the effects of IT competency on firm performance. Copyright (C) 2003 John Wiley Sons, Ltd.