TY - JOUR
AU - Ali F. Emdad
AB - Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a model that tests the relationship between information technology (IT) infrastructure, customer focus, and business advantages. Design/methodology/approach – Customer focus is categorized into: customer responsiveness and product/service innovation. The data for the study are obtained from 116 executives from a number of business organizations. Findings – IT infrastructure is found to have a significant effect on customer responsiveness, but does not show any significant relationship with product/service innovation. IT infrastructure, customer responsiveness, and product/service innovation are found to be significantly related business advantages. Research limitations/implications – The research is useful for academic scholars and managers as the results of the study show the value of firm‐specific resources such as IT infrastructure in business advantages. The research is also useful as it finds support for the resource‐based view (RBV) of the firm. Originality/value – The paper exemplifies how IT infrastructure can influence customer focus and thus affects directly and indirectly business advantages.
TI - An empirical examination of the relationship between information technology (IT) infrastructure, customer focus, and business advantages
JO - Journal of Systems and Information Technology
DO - 10.1108/13287261011032625
DA - 2010-02-02
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/emerald-publishing/an-empirical-examination-of-the-relationship-between-information-MPpq2NSRy7
SP - 4
EP - 16
VL - 12
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -