scholarly journals Human Resources or Information Technology: What is More Important for Companies in the Digital Era?

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lejla Turulja ◽  
Nijaz Bajgorić
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Performance Outcomes ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
It Capability ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Changing Knowledge

AbstractBackground:Companies can improve their business performance, increase revenues and reduce costs by enhancing their information technology (IT) capability. On the other side, there is an increasing importance of human resource management (HRM) practices related to IT utilization, which are important for the business performance of a company in the rapidly changing knowledge-based economy.Objectives:The objective of this paper is to analyze the relations among IT capability, HRM capability and the firm’s performance outcomes.Methods/Approach:The paper uses survey data and Structural Equation Modeling to analyze the relationships among IT capability, HRM capability and firms’ performance.Results:This paper reveals that IT capability to some extent determines firms’ business performance but it plays more important role in enhancing HRM capability. In addition, HRM capability significantly impacts business performance.Conclusions:The findings indicate that managers should not focus on allocating resources only for IT investments. In order to achieve better business performances, these technologies need to be used to support all business processes including HRM activities.

Performance Outcomes of Strategic and IT Competencies Alignment1

2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 178-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne-Marie Croteau ◽  
Louis Raymond
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Performance Outcomes ◽  
Shared Vision ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Modeling Tool ◽  
Top Managers

This study empirically evaluates the business performance outcomes of aligning an organization's information technology (IT) competencies with its strategic competencies. Strategic competencies include components such as shared vision, cooperation, empowerment, and innovation, whereas IT competencies comprise connectivity, flexibility, and technological scanning. Top managers from 104 organizations completed a questionnaire analyzed with EQS, a structural equation modeling tool. Based on a covariation approach to alignment, results confirm that strategic and IT competencies alignment significantly enhances perceived business performance.

scholarly journals The Role of Green Innovation between Green Market Orientation and Business Performance: Its Implication for Open Innovation

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 173
Author(s):  
Bambang Tjahjadi ◽  
Noorlailie Soewarno ◽  
Hariyati Hariyati ◽  
Lina Nasihatun Nafidah ◽  
Nanik Kustiningsih ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Market Orientation ◽  
Direct Effect ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Green Innovation ◽  
Green Market

The focus of this research was to investigate the effect of green market orientation on business performance. For that purpose, this research tested that green market orientation has a direct effect on business performance, that green market orientation affects green innovation, and that green innovation affects business performance. As a quantitative research, partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS–SEM) was used to test the hypotheses. Data were collected by using both online and offline questionnaires from owners/managers of the manufacturing micro, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the East Java Province of Indonesia. A total of 175 respondents participated in this study. The results show that green market orientation has a positive and direct effect on business performance. The results empirically support the theory of sustainability and entrepreneurship in the research setting of Indonesian MSMEs. The results also imply that the owners/managers of MSMEs need to balance economic, environmental, and social issues in their business. In the era of sustainable development and environmental awareness, manufacturing MSMEs need to adopt a green market orientation and carry out green innovation in their business processes to obtain a better business performance.

How information technology capability influences organizational agility: empirical evidences from Indian banking industry

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sukanya Panda ◽  
Santanu Kumar Rath
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Matched Pair ◽  
Organizational Agility ◽  
Environmental Diversity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Critical Dimensions ◽  
It Capability

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight a precise investigation of the relationship between information technology (IT) capability and organizational agility along with the moderating impact of environmental factors on this association. Design/methodology/approach Pre-tested structured questionnaires were administered during a matched-pair field survey to collect primary responses from 300 business and IT personnel working in various public and privately owned banking groups functioning in India. The structural equation modeling approach has been used for data analysis. Findings The two-folded research findings are first, IT capability enables organizational agility (studied as business process and market responsive agility), while IT capability has more effect on market responsive agility. Second, the environmental factors (studied as environmental diversity and hostility) possess a significant effect on the IT-agility relationship and, thereby, suggest that a more diverse and less hostile environment is required for the firms to build up superior IT capability for realizing enhanced agility. Originality/value The authors have studied IT capability as a first-order factor, organizational agility and environmental factors as second-order factors and by meticulously examining their critical dimensions this study greatly contributes to the existing IT-agility literature. The derived inferences provide various implications for the bank and IT managers to emphasize on superior IT capability for generating enhanced organizational agility.

scholarly journals Firing on all cylinders: Configuring information technology around the constituents of corporate entrepreneurship to outperform in SME sector

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. e0256539
Author(s):  
Nabeel Rehman ◽  
Asif Mahmood ◽  
Amir Ikram ◽  
Ayyaz Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Corporate Entrepreneurship ◽  
Performance Outcomes ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
It Capabilities

This study has examined how small and medium enterprises (SMEs) may enhance their performance under different settings of information technology (IT) capabilities and corporate entrepreneurship (CE). Established on the dynamic capability view, the researchers have analyzed the connections between IT capabilities and CE, in addition to the performance results of SMEs. The research has explored these novel relationships by utilizing partial least square-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) with a data sample of 447 SMEs of the manufacturing sector in Pakistan. The findings present that IT capabilities positively influence the market and financial performance of SMEs through the mediating role of CE dimensions. The study uniquely determines the mediating role of dimensional effects of corporate entrepreneurship between IT capabilities and performance outcomes of firms. Thus, the study would enable the management of SMEs to realize the potential of IT-related CE dimensions and their use to improve firms’ performance.

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF INNOVATION, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, AND ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION ON BUSINESS PERFORMANCE

Akademika ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (02) ◽  
pp. 161-176
Author(s):  
Fufung Alfu Lailah ◽  
Tjiptogoro Dinarjo Soehari
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Performance Information

This study aims to obtain information about the effect of entrepreneurial orientation on innovation, information technology on innovation, entrepreneurial orientation on business performance, information technology on business performance, innovation on business performance, innovation mediates the effect of entrepreneurial orientation on business performance and innovation mediates the effect of information technology on business performance of business shop owners in Glodok Market. The data used are primary data derived from questionnaires distributed to respondents. The population in this study were all business shop owners in Glodok Market is 758 with a probability sampling technique of 176 stores as respondents. The analytical method used is structural equation modeling (SEM) using the Lisrel 8.80 program. The results showed that there was no effect of entrepreneurial orientation on innovation, there was a positive and significant effect on entrepreneurial orientation on business performance, there was a positive and significant influence on information technology on innovation, there was a positive and significant effect on information technology on business performance, there was a positive and significant effect on innovation on business performance, innovation cannot mediate entrepreneurial orientation to business performance and innovation can mediate information technology on business performance.

scholarly journals Information Technology and Market Orientation on the Competitiveness and Performance of a Kuningan's Tourism Activity

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
Wely Hadi Gunawan ◽  
Wachyuni Wachyuni
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Market Orientation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
Tourism Activity ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Over Time

Kuningan local tourism possesses a promising future. However, some investigations cite a decrease in visitors over time, revealing underlying problems in the organization. Critical inquiries may arise from the interaction of information technology and market orientation to increase competitiveness and, finally, tourist attractions' performance. Thus, this study investigates the local tourism activity of Panembongan Hill in Kuningan, Banten, Indonesia. One hundred thirty visitors agree to participate in the study, and the coded responses are analyzed using structural equation modeling. The results reveal that Information Technology does not relate to competitiveness and tourism business performance; market orientation increases competitiveness and business performance. Finally, the competitiveness of tourism activities propels business performance considerably.

scholarly journals A Multidimensional Study of Absorptive Capacity and Innovation Capacity and Their Impact on Business Performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Sancho-Zamora ◽  
Santiago Gutiérrez-Broncano ◽  
Felipe Hernández-Perlines ◽  
Isidro Peña-García
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Innovation Capacity ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
Positive Effect

The aim of this paper is to understand how absorptive capacity and innovativeness influence business performance. Most previous studies have not considered the different dimensions of absorptive capacity and innovativeness. As a consequence, they have not analyzed the relationships between these dimensions, such as potential and realized absorptive capacity (RACAP) and product and process innovation. In our study, we analyzed the relationships between each of these dimensions and their effect on organizational performance. To achieve this, in addition to the theoretical foundation provided by the working hypotheses, a questionnaire was sent to 800 CEOs of Spanish companies in different sectors, obtaining a response rate of 38.25%. Structural equation modeling was applied to test the hypotheses. This study confirms the positive effect of absorptive capacity on innovation capacity, which in turn has a positive effect on business performance. Moreover, different dimensions of absorptive capacity and innovativeness play an important role in these relationships. This study contributes to a better understanding of how potential and RACAP influence the innovativeness of firms, both in their ability to innovate products and to improve business processes. In addition, it explores how these different innovations impact business performance and provide firms with knowledge on how to invest resources to increase profits. Future research should further study the inner workings of each of the dimensions analyzed to determine the importance of each dimension for business performance.

Agile manufacturing and business performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 647-666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esraa Hussein Nabass ◽  
Ayman Bahjat Abdallah
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Agile Manufacturing ◽  
Performance Outcomes ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Cost Performance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of agile manufacturing (AM) on business performance and operational performance (OP) dimensions in manufacturing companies in Jordan. It also explores the indirect effect of AM on business performance through OP dimensions of cost, quality, delivery and flexibility.Design/methodology/approachThe study analyzes survey data collected from 282 manufacturing companies from different industries in Jordan. Validity and reliability analyses were performed using SPSS and Amos, and the research hypotheses were tested using structural equation modeling.FindingsThe results demonstrated that AM positively and directly affected business performance. It also positively affected OP dimensions of quality, delivery and flexibility. However, cost performance was not significantly affected by AM. In addition, quality performance and flexibility performance fully mediated the relationship between AM and business performance, whereas cost performance and delivery performance did not show mediating effects.Originality/valueTo the best of the knowledge, this is the first study that investigates the mediating effects of OP dimensions on the relationship between AM and business performance. In addition, a limited number of previous studies investigated the performance outcomes of AM. Furthermore, this area is under-investigated in the Middle East in general and in Jordan in particular.

How Does IT Capability Impact Organizational Agility in the Supply Chain Context?

2017 ◽  
pp. 88-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Bi ◽  
Robert M. Davison ◽  
Booi H. Kam ◽  
Kosmas X. Smyrnios
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Organizational Agility ◽  
It Capability ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Role Of It

Organizational agility is regarded as a strategic capability, helping firms to compete, survive, and succeed in fast changing environments. Companies with greater IT investments are expected to be more agile. However, the issue of whether IT is an enabler or impeder of agility still remains unresolved. Drawing upon resource-based view theory, the authors test a theoretical model that integrates IT capability, supply chain capability and organizational agility. The authors propose that IT capability enables the development of a higher level of supply chain capability which is embedded within inter-firm processes and in turn enhances agility. Structural equation modeling is employed to test their theoretical conceptualization of 310 Australian fast-growth small-to-medium enterprises across different industrial sectors. The results show that IT capability does contribute to firm agility through enhancing inter-firm supply chain processes. This research highlights the role of IT-enabled intermediated processes and the ways in which IT is used by firms to enhance core business processes.

scholarly journals Investigating the Impact of Information Technology, Absorptive Capacity, and Dynamic Capabilities on Firm Performance: An Empirical Study

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824402110613
Author(s):  
FeCheng Ma ◽  
Farhan Khan ◽  
Kashif Ullah Khan ◽  
Si XiangYun
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Operational Processes ◽  
The Impact

In today’s dynamic market environment, information technology (IT) enables firms to obtain knowledge they need to achieve superior performance. To this end, the present study explores the effects of IT, absorptive capacity (ACAP), and dynamic capabilities (DCs) on firm performance (FP) by employing empirical research design. In addition, the study focuses on the DCs perspective and ACAP as a firm knowledge-based view focusing on those firms where technology involved in either a particular unit of the firm or as a whole in operational processes. The data (total 241) was analyzed through AMOS, a mathematical analysis methodology focused on structural equation modeling (SEM). Moreover, through Sobel test we further verify the indirect impact of IT on FP.

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