Description
Entrepreneurial firms have several characteristics that challenge IS capability development. Resources are often scarce and the top management team usually does not have IS management experience. As these firms go through growth from a small business to a medium enterprise, the firm's IS capabilities mature. This paper presents a nascent process model of this evolution and develops a series of propositions. Two states are described - a stabilization state and a development state - along with three trigger events that move the firm between these states. The triggers are TMT requirement change, customer requirement change and the development of a satisficing solution. At the conference it is proposed to report on a preliminary study.
Recommended Citation
Meister, Darren, "Entrepreneurial Firms and Information Systems Capabilities" (2017). AMCIS 2017 Proceedings. 18.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2017/StrategicIT/Presentations/18
Entrepreneurial Firms and Information Systems Capabilities
Entrepreneurial firms have several characteristics that challenge IS capability development. Resources are often scarce and the top management team usually does not have IS management experience. As these firms go through growth from a small business to a medium enterprise, the firm's IS capabilities mature. This paper presents a nascent process model of this evolution and develops a series of propositions. Two states are described - a stabilization state and a development state - along with three trigger events that move the firm between these states. The triggers are TMT requirement change, customer requirement change and the development of a satisficing solution. At the conference it is proposed to report on a preliminary study.