A Research on Synergic and Spiral-Propulsion Mechanism of Enterprise Information Systems Growth

The mechanism of information system (IS) growth is an important part of IS growth theory and has attracted much attention of scholars and entrepreneurs. As validated by many studies, the process of IS growth is influenced by various factors within the enterprise and from external environment. The external factors are mainly governmental propulsion, competitive pressure, linkage demand of cooperative enterprises and IT suppliers’ propulsion. The internal factors are top management support, middle management support, IT department propulsion and other organizational personnel’s cooperation and participation. The synergic effect of internal and external factors promotes the development of IS construction and the growth of enterprise information systems. This paper pays more attention to the microcosmic mechanism of IS growth and proposes that IT absorption is a direct impetus to IS growth. It analyzes synergic effect of the subjects and elements of IT absorption. Furthermore, a mathematic model is used to describe the spiral-propulsion mode of IS growth. Viewed from a holistic perspective, IS growth presents itself as a dynamic and spiral process.