Location
260-051, Owen G. Glenn Building
Start Date
12-15-2014
Description
Since transition markets are playing an increasingly important role in the global economy and in the international innovation arena, there is a need to understand how IT affects firms’ process and product innovations and ultimately their competitive performance in these markets. Drawing on innovation literature and the IT capabilities portfolio perspective, we compare and contrast how IT internal integration and IT market integration affect process and product innovations, which in turn lead to competitive performance under different levels of dysfunctional competition. We test our model and hypotheses using data collected from 241 firms in China. The results reveal how dysfunctional competition shapes the efficacy of IT-enabled product and process innovations. We discuss the implications, for theory and practice, of the role IT integration capabilities have on innovation in transition economies.
Recommended Citation
Tang, Xinlin; Lee, Ruby; Rai, Arun; and Guo, Xitong, "IT-Enabled Product and Process Innovations in Transition Markets: The Moderating Role of Dysfunctional Competition" (2014). ICIS 2014 Proceedings. 26.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2014/proceedings/ISStrategy/26
IT-Enabled Product and Process Innovations in Transition Markets: The Moderating Role of Dysfunctional Competition
260-051, Owen G. Glenn Building
Since transition markets are playing an increasingly important role in the global economy and in the international innovation arena, there is a need to understand how IT affects firms’ process and product innovations and ultimately their competitive performance in these markets. Drawing on innovation literature and the IT capabilities portfolio perspective, we compare and contrast how IT internal integration and IT market integration affect process and product innovations, which in turn lead to competitive performance under different levels of dysfunctional competition. We test our model and hypotheses using data collected from 241 firms in China. The results reveal how dysfunctional competition shapes the efficacy of IT-enabled product and process innovations. We discuss the implications, for theory and practice, of the role IT integration capabilities have on innovation in transition economies.