The impact of technology type and life cycle on IT productivity variance: A contingency theoretical perspective
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Highlights：
• “IT productivity paradox” and “IT productivity variance” are two distinctive but highly related issues. We defined “IT productivity variance” and focused our effort on it in this paper.
• Through literature review we summarize prevailing explanations to “IT productivity variance,” we then further identify and contrast three underlying theoretical frameworks that guide empirical studies. The effort reveals the necessity of the contingency approach, which augments existing research.
• We posit that three contextual factors, level of performance measurement, technology type, and technology life cycle, have significant impact on the relationship between IT investment and firm performance. We propose a contingency model with several research propositions.
• The potential contribution to both the literature and practice of this research is discussed.
摘要
•“IT productivity paradox” and “IT productivity variance” are two distinctive but highly related issues. We defined “IT productivity variance” and focused our effort on it in this paper.•Through literature review we summarize prevailing explanations to “IT productivity variance,” we then further identify and contrast three underlying theoretical frameworks that guide empirical studies. The effort reveals the necessity of the contingency approach, which augments existing research.•We posit that three contextual factors, level of performance measurement, technology type, and technology life cycle, have significant impact on the relationship between IT investment and firm performance. We propose a contingency model with several research propositions.•The potential contribution to both the literature and practice of this research is discussed.
论文关键词：IT productivity paradox,IT productivity variance,Contingency approach,Technology type,Technology life cycle,Performance improvement
论文评审过程：Received 30 March 2016, Revised 26 August 2016, Accepted 26 August 2016, Available online 10 September 2016, Version of Record 10 September 2016.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2016.08.007
