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EXAMINATION OF A PATH MODEL RELATING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE WITH FIRM PERFORMANCE
Author(s) -
Byrd Terry Anthony,
Pitts Jennifer P.,
Adrian Anne Mims,
Davidson Nancy W.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of business logistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.611
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 2158-1592
pISSN - 0735-3766
DOI - 10.1002/j.2158-1592.2008.tb00091.x
Subject(s) - business , industrial organization , resource based view , resource (disambiguation) , information technology , path analysis (statistics) , knowledge management , organizational performance , process (computing) , value (mathematics) , structural equation modeling , marketing , competitive advantage , computer science , operating system , computer network , machine learning
This article draws on the resource‐based view of the firm to investigate the mechanisms through which information technology (IT) impacts firm performance. Research suggests that the relationship between IT and firm performance may be both direct and indirect. In this study, a path model is tested that proposes a firm's IT infrastructure resources as having both a direct impact on organizational performance, as well as an indirect effect that is propagated through its impact on an intermediate organizational resource, a firm's logistics information system (LIS). The results suggest that positive firm performance may be derived directly from an organization's superior IT infrastructure, as well as indirectly, through its enabling impact on LIS's. These findings contribute to our understanding of the nature of the relationship between IT and firm performance by exploring the value of IT at both the process and organizational levels.