IT capabilities and firm performance: A contingency analysis of the role of industry and IT capability type

Authors:
M. Dale Stoel;Waleed A. Muhanna
Affiliations:
Department of Accountancy, Farmer School of Business, Miami University, Laws Hall, Oxford, OH 45056, United States;Department of Accounting & Management Information Systems, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University, 2100 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, United States
Venue:
Information and Management
Year:
2009

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Abstract

Previous empirical studies examining the relationship between IT capability and accounting-based measures of firm performance reported mixed results. We argued that prior work has relied on aggregate overall measures of the firm's IT capability, ignoring the specific type and nature of IT capability; and also has not fully considered important environmental conditions that influence the relationship. Drawing on a resource-based view, we advanced a contingency perspective and proposed that IT capabilities' impact on firm resources was contingent on the ''fit'' between the type of IT capability/resource a firm possesses and the demands of the industry in which it competes. Specifically, using publicly available rankings as proxies for two types of IT capabilities (internally and externally focused), we empirically examined the degree to which three industry characteristics (dynamism, munificence, and complexity) influenced the impact of each type of IT capability on measures of financial performance. After controlling for prior performance, we found there was general support for the posited contingency model. The implications of these findings are also discussed.