EXTERNAL VERSUS INTERNAL PERSPECTIVES IN DETERMINING A FIRM'S PROGRESSIVE USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Elizabeth Anne Busch; Sirkka Jarvenpaa; Noam Tractinsky; William H. Glick

EXTERNAL VERSUS INTERNAL PERSPECTIVES IN DETERMINING A FIRM'S PROGRESSIVE USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Elizabeth Anne Busch, Sirkka Jarvenpaa, Noam Tractinsky, William H. Glick

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Abstract

The use of IT in a firm can vary depending on a number of factors such as atop executive's perceptions and the firm's industry. In this study, variables representing the organization's external and internal characteristics were examined to determine whether they affect the firm's progressive use of IT and, if so, which has the strongest effect. A questionnaire was mailed to the Chief Executive Officers and Chief Financial Officers of 300 small and medium-sized publicly-traded companies. Results indicate that internal factors (Chief Executive Officer's perception of IT importance and the information intensity of the product), more than the external factors, influenced the firm's progressive use of IT.

Original language	English
Pages	239-250
Number of pages	12
State	Published - 1 Jan 1991
Externally published	Yes
Event	12th International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 1991 - New York, United States Duration: 16 Dec 1991 → 18 Dec 1991

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Conference	12th International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 1991
Country/Territory	United States
City	New York
Period	16/12/91 → 18/12/91

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Networks and Communications
Computer Science Applications
Information Systems

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