The IT productivity paradox has largely been resolved at the industrial level. At the firm level however, there is still much to understand regarding how IT contributes to firm performance. This paper investigates the performance impacts of two modes of IT valuation – efficiency and KM (Knowledge Management), by taking two external environmental factors – dynamism and hostility – into account. ...

This paper has not undergone formal review or approval of the faculty of the ILR School. It is intended to make results of Center research available to others interested in preliminary form to encourage discussion and suggestions. Abstract The relationship between knowledge sharing and organizational performance for high-technology start-up companies is not well understood. Using game theory an...

The main purpose of this study is to explore the effects of innovation types including product, process, marketing and organizational innovation on different aspects of firm performance such as innovative, production, marketing and financial performance in Pakistani manufacturing companies. Data were collected through survey questionnaires from 150 respondents mainly from production, R&D and ma...

Twenty years after the promise of Information Systems enabling Organizational Transformation (IS-enabled OT), what have we learned? This paper reviews the literature in order to better understand this phenomenon. As specialists in IS, strategy and organizational studies, we analyze the discourse on OT found in the strategy, organizational theory and IS literature, and identify four structuring ...

Two broad strands of literature have emerged as particularly central to organizational strategy and the theory of the firm: organizational economics and the capability (or resource-based) literature. While organizational economics highlights organizational efficiency and has clear implications for the organization of transactions, it has been criticized for saying very little about organization...