TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of IT integration on the firm's knowledge absorption and desorption
AU - Braojos, Jessica
AU - Benitez, Jose
AU - Llorens, Javier
AU - Ruiz, Laura
N1 - Funding Information:
Jessica Braojos and Jose Benitez have equally contributed to the development of this research from the beginning of the research project till the current resubmission in all the stages of the study development. Javier Llorens has contributed by being critical in providing the research funding coming from the Research Project ECO2017-84138-P, and the Research Grants FPU13/01643 and FPU18/01405. Laura Ruiz joined the project when it had already started. She is therefore the last co-author. Laura has equally contributed with Jessica and Jose during the revisions of the paper.
Funding Information:
This research was sponsored by the European Regional Development Fund (European Union) and the Government of Spain (Research Project ECO2017-84138-P, and Research Grants FPU13/01643 and FPU18/01405), the Regional Government of Andalusia (Research Project P11-SEJ-7294), the COVIRAN-Prodware Endowed Chair of Digital Human Resource Strategy at the University of Granada, the Endowed Chair of Business Value of IT of the Green, Digital, and Demand-driven Supply Chain Management Excellence Area at Rennes School of Business, and the Slovenian Research Agency (Research Core Funding No. P5-0410).
Funding Information:
This research was sponsored by the European Regional Development Fund (European Union) and the Government of Spain (Research Project ECO2017-84138-P, and Research Grants FPU13/01643 and FPU18/01405 ), the Regional Government of Andalusia (Research Project P11-SEJ-7294), the COVIRAN-Prodware Endowed Chair of Digital Human Resource Strategy at the University of Granada , the Endowed Chair of Business Value of IT of the Green, Digital, and Demand-driven Supply Chain Management Excellence Area at Rennes School of Business , and the Slovenian Research Agency (Research Core Funding No. P5-0410 ).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2020/11
Y1 - 2020/11
N2 - This paper examines the impact of the integration of IT systems with other organizations (IT integration) on the knowledge absorption and desorption of the focal firm. We ran an empirical study in Spain and found that IT integration enables the firm to absorb and desorb knowledge with other organizations, which in turn improves firm performance. This research provides two key contributions to the IS discipline: 1) We introduce the concept of desorptive capacity in the IS research and provide a scale for its measure, 2) we provide a theory of IT integration impact on the firm's knowledge absorption and desorption.
AB - This paper examines the impact of the integration of IT systems with other organizations (IT integration) on the knowledge absorption and desorption of the focal firm. We ran an empirical study in Spain and found that IT integration enables the firm to absorb and desorb knowledge with other organizations, which in turn improves firm performance. This research provides two key contributions to the IS discipline: 1) We introduce the concept of desorptive capacity in the IS research and provide a scale for its measure, 2) we provide a theory of IT integration impact on the firm's knowledge absorption and desorption.
KW - Business value of IT
KW - IT integration capability
KW - IT-enabled organizational capabilities
KW - Knowledge absorptive capacity
KW - Knowledge desorptive capacity
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85081240624
U2 - 10.1016/j.im.2020.103290
DO - 10.1016/j.im.2020.103290
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85081240624
SN - 0378-7206
VL - 57
JO - Information and Management
JF - Information and Management
IS - 7
M1 - 103290
ER -