TY - GEN
T1 - Information technology, and exploration and exploitation of business opportunities
T2 - America�s Conference on Information Systems: A Tradition of Innovation, AMCIS 2017
AU - Benitez, Jose
AU - Llorens, Javier
AU - Braojos, Jessica
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was sponsored by the European Regional Development Fund (European Union) and the Government of Spain (Research Project ECO2013-47027-P), the Regional Government of Andalusia (Research Project P11-SEJ-7294), and the COVIRAN-Prodware Chair of Digital Human Resource Strategy at the School of Human Resource Management of the University of Granada.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Understanding how and why some firms are better than others at exploring and exploiting new business opportunities is a cutting-edge research problem. Our central thesis, that information technology (IT) performs a differential role in firms’ opportunity exploration and exploitation, led us to examine how IT influences exploration and exploitation of business opportunities. We tested the proposed theory using partial least squares on a combination of survey and secondary data from 203 large firms in Spain. We found that: (1) IT infrastructure provides the foundation to build business experimentation, and the flexibility to sense and explore business opportunities; and (2) IT infrastructure-enabled business flexibility helps firms to develop the operational proficiency to exploit business opportunities, and increase their performance. This research contributes to the field of Information Systems by explaining whether and how IT infrastructure influences the firm’s capabilities for opportunity exploration and exploitation. The managerial implications are also discussed.
AB - Understanding how and why some firms are better than others at exploring and exploiting new business opportunities is a cutting-edge research problem. Our central thesis, that information technology (IT) performs a differential role in firms’ opportunity exploration and exploitation, led us to examine how IT influences exploration and exploitation of business opportunities. We tested the proposed theory using partial least squares on a combination of survey and secondary data from 203 large firms in Spain. We found that: (1) IT infrastructure provides the foundation to build business experimentation, and the flexibility to sense and explore business opportunities; and (2) IT infrastructure-enabled business flexibility helps firms to develop the operational proficiency to exploit business opportunities, and increase their performance. This research contributes to the field of Information Systems by explaining whether and how IT infrastructure influences the firm’s capabilities for opportunity exploration and exploitation. The managerial implications are also discussed.
KW - Business opportunities
KW - Business value of IT
KW - Exploitation
KW - Exploration
KW - IT infrastructure
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85048453702
T3 - AMCIS 2017 - America's Conference on Information Systems: A Tradition of Innovation
BT - AMCIS 2017 - America's Conference on Information Systems
PB - Americas Conference on Information Systems
Y2 - 10 August 2017 through 12 August 2017
ER -