R&D cooperation between firms—a perceived transaction cost perspective
Management Science
Process Innovation and Learning by Doing in Semiconductor Manufacturing
Management Science
Innovation Explosion: Using Intellect and Software to Revolutionize Growth Strategies
Innovation Explosion: Using Intellect and Software to Revolutionize Growth Strategies
The Market Evolution and Sales Takeoff of Product Innovations
Management Science
Knowledge Reuse for Innovation
Management Science
Evolution of R&D Capabilities: The Role of Knowledge Networks Within a Firm
Management Science
Relating electronic mail use and network structure to R&D work networks and performance
Journal of Management Information Systems
Facilitating Interorganizational Learning with Information Technology
Journal of Management Information Systems
Journal of Management Information Systems
A product information modeling framework for product lifecycle management
Computer-Aided Design
Information Technology and Trademarks: Implications for Product Variety
Management Science
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Prior research concerning IT business value has established a link between firm-level IT investment and tangible returns such as output productivity. Research also suggests that IT is vital to intermediate processes such as those that produce intangible output. Among these, the use of IT in innovation and knowledge creation processes is perhaps the most critical to a firm's long-term success. However, little is known about the relationship between IT, knowledge creation, and innovation output. In this study, we contribute to the literature by comprehensively examining the contribution of IT to innovation production across multiple contexts using a quality-based measure of innovation output. Analyzing annual information from 1987 to 1997 for a panel of large U.S. manufacturing firms, we find that a 10% increase in IT input is associated with a 1.7% increase in innovation output for a given level of innovation-related spending. This relationship between IT, research and development (R&D), and innovation production is robust across multiple econometric methodologies and is found to be particularly strong in the mid to late 1990s, a period of rapid technological innovation. Our results also demonstrate the importance of IT in creating value at an intermediate stage of production, in this case, through improved innovation productivity. However, R&D and its related intangible factors (skill, knowledge, etc.) appear to play a more crucial role in the creation of breakthrough innovations.