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.

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Dec 15th, 12:00 AM

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.