Abstract
Owing to limited resources available to small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) to take advantage of technologies, IT is regarded as less important to SMEs compared with larger firms. Understanding whether and how IT helps SMEs to achieve business advantage still remains unclear. Drawing upon the resource-based view theory, the information systems (IS) and fast growth company literature, we develop and test a theoretical model that integrates IT complementary resources, business process performance and firm performance. We propose that fast growth SMEs are highly entrepreneurial and innovative, know how to strategically utilize IT to improve business processes and thus achieve rapid growth. Structural equation modeling is employed to test our theoretical conceptualization of 310 Australian fast-growth SMEs across different industrial sectors. The results show that IT complementary resources do lead to firm growth through enhancing activity integration and information sharing processes along the value chains. This research contributes to the ongoing debate of IT business value in the SME context and highlights the ways in which IT helps fast growth SMEs to achieve business success.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | PACIS 2013 Proceedings |
| Subtitle of host publication | Smart, Open, and Social Information Systems |
| Place of Publication | United States |
| Publisher | Association for Information Systems |
| Pages | 1-16 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| Event | 17th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems: PACIS 2013 - Jeju International Convention Center, Jeju Island, Korea, Republic of Duration: 18 Jun 2013 → 22 Jun 2013 http://www.pacis2013.org/main/ (Conference website) http://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2013/ (Conference proceedings) |
Conference
| Conference | 17th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems |
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| Abbreviated title | Smart, Open, and Social Information Systems |
| Country/Territory | Korea, Republic of |
| City | Jeju Island |
| Period | 18/06/13 → 22/06/13 |
| Other | The Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) is the premier venue for networking with information systems (IS) scholars in the Pacific Asia region. It offers a great opportunity for researchers to exchange research findings on the latest development in the IS field, and to foster regional and international collaboration within the community. |
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