Journal of Computer Security - IFIP 2000
An Approach to Evaluating E-Business Information Systems Projects
Information Systems Frontiers
Information Systems Frontiers
Information Systems Frontiers
Does the market recognize IT-enabled competitive advantage?
Information and Management
Does information technology provide banks with profit?
Information and Management
The impact of information technology on the financial performance of diversified firms
Decision Support Systems - Special issue: Economics and information systems
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special issue: Impacts of information technology investment on organizational performance
Measuring the Performance of Information Systems: A Functional Scorecard
Journal of Management Information Systems
Can information technology enable profitable diversification? An empirical examination
Journal of Engineering and Technology Management
International Journal of Electronic Commerce
Barriers to e-commerce and competitive business models in developing countries: A case study
Electronic Commerce Research and Applications
Emerging issues in IT governance: implementing the corporate IT risks management model
WSEAS TRANSACTIONS on SYSTEMS
International Journal of Information Technology and Management
Journal of Management Information Systems
Methodologies for evaluating IT business value management
ICAI'09 Proceedings of the 10th WSEAS international conference on Automation & information
IT governance mechanisms in managing IT business value
WSEAS Transactions on Information Science and Applications
The impact of information technology on the financial performance of diversified firms
Decision Support Systems - Special issue: Economics and information systems
Does information technology provide banks with profit?
Information and Management
A study on performance tracing of the e-MP policy
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Evaluating the impact of IT investments on productivity: a causal analysis at industry level
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
Information technology (IT) investment and the role of a firm: an exploratory study
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
A Lag Effect of IT Investment on Firm Performance
Information Resources Management Journal
Business-Related Determinants of Offshoring Intensity
Information Resources Management Journal
The Impact of Information Technology Internal Controls on Firm Performance
Journal of Organizational and End User Computing
The role of R&D and corporate governance in Korea: IT firms versus non-IT firms
Information Technology and Management
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The impact of information technology (IT)investments on firm performance has been the subject of active research in recent years. However, findings of almost all studies are based on data collected in the United States. Little work has been done elsewhere to validate these results and to see if they are applicable across national boundaries. In this study, we fill this gap by comparing four newly-industrialized economies (NIEs) with regard to the impact of IT capital on business performance. Secondary data collected from various sources are used to assess the impact over the period from 1983 to 1991. Findings based on four business measures and a market valuation model based on Tobin's q are reported. While the current results are consistent with work done in the United States in general, discrepancies among the four NIEs are observed. Combined with findings from previous work, three pieces of evidence seem to emerge that are generally observed across country boundaries. First, IT investment is not correlated with shareholder's return. Second, there is little evidence that the level of computerization is valued by the market in developed and newly-developed countries. Third, there is no consistent measurement of IT investment as indicated by the mixed results across different performance ratios. Modeling and measurement concerns expressed in previous U.S.-based studies are also observed in our comparative study. Our findings provide a starting point to accumulate a body of comparative studies for the development of a theory that links IT investment, firm performance, and macro factors such as national technology policy in an integrated framework.