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Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - How do a company's information technology capabilities influence its ability to innovate?
AU - Tarafdar, Monideepa
AU - Gordon, Steven R.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe research that explores how an organization's information technology (IT) competences influence its ability to innovate.Design/methodology/approach – This paper draws on prior research to describe stages of the innovation process and to identify several IT competences that have been linked to innovation success. Then, examining innovation at three case study sites, it demonstrates how IT competences can influence the success of innovation at various stages of the innovation process.Findings – The paper finds that IT competences in information and knowledge management, project management, collaboration and communication, and business involvement are likely to improve an organization's ability to innovate.Research limitations/implications – The research in this paper is exploratory. The small number of cases limits one's ability to claim that the IT competences one has identified always affect innovation.Practical implications – The paper shows that organizations that want to be innovative should cultivate the identified IT competences.Originality/value – For researchers, the paper proposes a model relating an organization's ability to innovate to its IT competences. For managers, it identifies it competences that should be cultivated to support the process of innovation.
AB - Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe research that explores how an organization's information technology (IT) competences influence its ability to innovate.Design/methodology/approach – This paper draws on prior research to describe stages of the innovation process and to identify several IT competences that have been linked to innovation success. Then, examining innovation at three case study sites, it demonstrates how IT competences can influence the success of innovation at various stages of the innovation process.Findings – The paper finds that IT competences in information and knowledge management, project management, collaboration and communication, and business involvement are likely to improve an organization's ability to innovate.Research limitations/implications – The research in this paper is exploratory. The small number of cases limits one's ability to claim that the IT competences one has identified always affect innovation.Practical implications – The paper shows that organizations that want to be innovative should cultivate the identified IT competences.Originality/value – For researchers, the paper proposes a model relating an organization's ability to innovate to its IT competences. For managers, it identifies it competences that should be cultivated to support the process of innovation.
KW - Competences
KW - Innovation
KW - Knowledge management
KW - Research
KW - Resources
U2 - 10.1108/17410390710740736
DO - 10.1108/17410390710740736
M3 - Journal article
VL - 20
SP - 271
EP - 290
JO - Journal of Enterprise Information Management
JF - Journal of Enterprise Information Management
SN - 1741-0398
IS - 3
ER -