Impact of Information Technology Capital on Firm Scope and Performance: The Role of Asset Characteristics
Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: This research draws on transaction cost and resource-based theory to examine how information technology (IT) capital moderates the relationship between different types of assets and firm scope—both vertical integration and diversification. The analysis suggests that IT capital enables firms with narrowly valuable assets to be less vertically integrated and less diversified, and enables firms with broadly valuable assets to be more vertically integrated and more diversified. The moderating influence of IT capital on the relationship between different types of assets and firms' vertical and product-market scope is consistent with transaction cost as well as resource-based traditions.
Source: Academy of Management Journal
Authors: Gautam Ray, Ling Xue, Jay B. Barney
Institutions: University of Minnesota, University of Memphis, University of Utah
Language: English
Subfield: Management Information Systems
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2131109501