Developing a model of the global and strategic impact of information technology
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Prashant Palvia, Joe Rosenthal Excellence Professor and Director of the McDowell Research Center for Global IT Management (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: In today's intensely competitive world, many firms have developed applications of information technology (IT) that provide a significant global competitive advantage. Most evidence of such IT use is anecdotal; the global competitive impact of IT has not been studied from a rigorous theory building or empirical perspective. This article reports progress toward the development of a model (called GLITS) to measure the strategic global impact of IT on an international firm. The underpinnings of the model are based on domestic and international literature; and it has undergone extensive refinement through statistical evaluation and validation. The model and its accompanying instrument can be used to identify specific strategic IT factors for a company and a contingency analysis can be conducted to determine the importance of various factors based on organizational characteristics. This foundational model should have significant utility for both practitioners and researchers.
Developing a model of the global and strategic impact of information technology
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Information & Management, Vol 32 (5), 1997, pp. 229-244.
- Language: English
- Date: 1997
- Keywords
- Global information technology, IS Instrument, Strategic information systems, Competitive advantage, International information systems, Reliability and validity