EXAMINATION OF A PATH MODEL RELATING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE WITH FIRM PERFORMANCE |
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| Authors: | Terry Anthony Byrd Jennifer P. Pitts Anne Mims Adrian Nancy W. Davidson |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Auburn university;2. (Ph.D. University of South Carolina) is Professor of MIS in the Department of Management at the College of Business, Auburn University. He holds a BSEE from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a Ph.D. in MIS from the University of South Carolina. His research has appeared in MIS Quarterly, Journal of Management Information Systems, European Journal of Information Systems, Decision Sciences, OMEGA, Interfaces and other leading journals. His current research interests focus on the planning, management, implementation, usage, diffusion, and infusion of information technology in facilitating a variety of individual, group, organizational and societal behaviors and initiatives to achieve positive results.;3. Columbus State university;4. (Ph.D. Auburn University) is Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems Management at the Turner College of Business, Columbus State University. She holds a MBA from Columbus State University and a Ph.D. in MIS from Auburn University. Her research interests include strategic issues in information technology management, change management, and business strategy.;5. (Ph.D. Auburn University) co‐leads the information technology efforts of the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, and the College of Agriculture at Auburn University. She has published in regional agricultural economics journals and Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. She has also presented papers at agricultural economics meetings and the International Conference of Computers in Agriculture. She holds a Ph.D. in Management obtained at Auburn University. Her bachelors and masters degrees are in Agricultural Economics also from Auburn University.;6. Auburn university at Montgomery;7. (Ph.D. Auburn University) is an Assistant Professor at Auburn University at Montgomery. She holds a PhD from Auburn University in Management Information Systems. Her research has appeared in Information & Management and other journals. |
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| Abstract: | This article draws on the resource‐based view of the firm to investigate the mechanisms through which information technology (IT) impacts firm performance. Research suggests that the relationship between IT and firm performance may be both direct and indirect. In this study, a path model is tested that proposes a firm's IT infrastructure resources as having both a direct impact on organizational performance, as well as an indirect effect that is propagated through its impact on an intermediate organizational resource, a firm's logistics information system (LIS). The results suggest that positive firm performance may be derived directly from an organization's superior IT infrastructure, as well as indirectly, through its enabling impact on LIS's. These findings contribute to our understanding of the nature of the relationship between IT and firm performance by exploring the value of IT at both the process and organizational levels. |
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| Keywords: | Competitive advantage Firm performance IT infrastructure Logistics information systems Resource‐based view |
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