TY - GEN
T1 - The same assets, but new impacts
T2 - 20th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2012
AU - Gimenez, Cristina
AU - Sierra, Vicenta
AU - Rodriguez, Jorge Andrés
AU - Rodon, Joan
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - In this paper we analyze the effect of information technologies (IT) on the environmental performance of firms. In particular, we study the moderating effect of IT on the relationship between a firm's environmental practices and its environmental performance. The paper considers two moderating effects -namely, IT-enabled coordination and IT-enabled control. IT-enabled coordination refers to the integration of processes and the sharing of information between a firm and its suppliers in design and manufacturing. IT-enabled control refers to the use of IT to monitor the environmental practices that a firm implements in production and logistics. The data used were obtained from the fifth (2009) round of the International Manufacturing Strategy Survey (IMSS) which includes responses from manufacturing plants within the assembly industry. Our findings suggest that IT-enabled coordination strengthens the impact of the implementation of environmental practices on the environmental performance of firms. A relevant contribution for practice is derived from this study: firms can use the same technologies (ERP, shared databases) that they once implemented to improve their operational performance to improve the environmental performance.
AB - In this paper we analyze the effect of information technologies (IT) on the environmental performance of firms. In particular, we study the moderating effect of IT on the relationship between a firm's environmental practices and its environmental performance. The paper considers two moderating effects -namely, IT-enabled coordination and IT-enabled control. IT-enabled coordination refers to the integration of processes and the sharing of information between a firm and its suppliers in design and manufacturing. IT-enabled control refers to the use of IT to monitor the environmental practices that a firm implements in production and logistics. The data used were obtained from the fifth (2009) round of the International Manufacturing Strategy Survey (IMSS) which includes responses from manufacturing plants within the assembly industry. Our findings suggest that IT-enabled coordination strengthens the impact of the implementation of environmental practices on the environmental performance of firms. A relevant contribution for practice is derived from this study: firms can use the same technologies (ERP, shared databases) that they once implemented to improve their operational performance to improve the environmental performance.
KW - Environmental performance
KW - Environmental practices
KW - Green IS
KW - IT-enabled control
KW - IT-enabled coordination
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84905734759&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84905734759
SN - 9788488971548
T3 - ECIS 2012 - Proceedings of the 20th European Conference on Information Systems
BT - ECIS 2012 - Proceedings of the 20th European Conference on Information Systems
PB - Association for Information Systems
Y2 - 10 June 2012 through 13 June 2012
ER -