Information systems knowledge is essential for creating competitive firms, managing global
corporations, and providing useful products and services to customers. This book introduces …

Do information technology investments improve firm profitability? If so, is this effect because
such investments help improve sales, or is it because they help reduce overall operating …

It is well acknowledged in the information systems (IS) literature that information technology
(IT) plays an important role in firm innovation. A small but growing body of empirical …

Previous studies report mixed results about the effect of information technology (IT) on
product innovation performance in SMEs. We propose that firms' technological orientation …

Organizations increasingly embed IT into physical products to develop new product
innovations. However, there is wide variance in the outcomes of the IT-embedded product …

Drawing from the Resource-based View of the firm and based on prior literature, we
examine two organizational factors that top management can control ('executive champion …

In this study, we propose a value-based management approach for assessing the potential
for process improvements enabled by an information technology (IT) solution. Based on …

Drawing on the resource-based view of the firm, investigation on the effects of internal
resources and capabilities (R&D and technology) on small and medium-sized enterprises …

Firms are increasingly using a wide variety of strategies and technology tools for managing
their innovation ecosystems for competitive advantage. This article describes the experience …

Service innovations are central to today's rapidly changing business environment. Because
of heterogeneous customer demands, rapid product life cycles, and advances in information …