Enterprise resource planning: introduction
Communications of the ACM
The ERP Revolution: Surviving vs. Thriving
Information Systems Frontiers
The Illusory Diffusion of Innovation: An Examination of Assimilation Gaps
Information Systems Research
Information Technology Fashions: Lifecycle Phase Analysis
HICSS '03 Proceedings of the 36th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'03) - Track 8 - Volume 8
Information Systems Research
Innovating mindfully with information technology
MIS Quarterly
Community learning in information technology innovation
MIS Quarterly
The institutional and social network perspectives of government 2.0 adoption
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance
Witty invention or dubious fad? Using argument mapping to examine the contours of management fashion
Information and Organization
A methodology for web services-based SOA realisation
International Journal of Business Information Systems
Information Technology and Management - Special issue on New Theories and Methods for Technology Adoption Research
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Moving closer to the fabric of organizing visions: The case of a trade show
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
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What happens to organizations that chase the hottest information technologies? This study examines some of the important organizational impacts of the fashion phenomenon in IT. An IT fashion is a transitory collective belief that an information technology is new, efficient, and at the forefront of practice. Using data collected from published discourse and annual IT budgets of 109 large companies for a decade, I have found that firms whose names were associated with IT fashions in the press did not have higher performance, but they had better reputation and higher executive compensation in the near term. Companies investing in IT in fashion also had higher reputation and executive pay, but they had lower performance in the short term and then improved performance in the long term. These results support a fashion explanation for the middle phase diffusion of IT innovations, illustrating that following fashion can legitimize organizations and their leaders regardless of performance improvement. The findings also extend institutional theory from its usual focus on taken-for-granted practices to fashion as a novel source of social approval. This study suggests that practitioners balance between performance pressure and social approval when they confront whatever is hottest in IT.