Title
Returns on Investments in Information Technology: A Research Synthesis
Abstract
Understanding the return on investments in information technology (IT) is the focus of a large and growing body of research. The objective of this paper is to synthesize this research and develop a model to guide future research in the evaluation of information technology investments. We focus on archival studies that use accounting or market measures of firm performance. We emphasize those studies where accounting researchers with interest in market‐level analyses of systems and technology issues may hold a competitive advantage over traditional information systems (IS) researchers. We propose numerous opportunities for future research. These include examining the relation between IT and business processes, and business processes and overall firm performance, understanding the effect of contextual factors on the IT‐performance relation, examining the IT‐performance relation in an international context, and examining the interactive effects of IT spending and IT management on firm performance.
Year
DOI
Venue
2002
10.2139/ssrn.302139
Journal of Information Systems
Keywords
Field
DocType
return on investment,information technology
Information system,Economics,Business process,Return on investment,Information technology,Competitive advantage,Knowledge management,Archival science,Information technology management,Marketing
Journal
Volume
Issue
Citations 
16
1
85
PageRank 
References 
Authors
1.91
29
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Bruce Dehning157322.39
Vernon J. Richardson280246.05