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Chief financial officer (CFO) characteristics and ERP system adoption

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  • Martin R.W. Hiebl
  • Bernhard Gärtner
  • Christine Duller

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Purpose - This paper aims to examine the relationship between characteristics of chief financial officers (CFOs) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) system adoption. Following upper echelons theory, the authors theorize that CFO age, education, tenure and recruitment influence ERP system adoption, and that this relationship is moderated by the CFO being responsible for firm-wide information technology (IT) functions. Design/methodology/approach - The empirical analysis is based on a survey of 296 large and medium-sized Austrian firms. Logistic regression analyses were used to test the association between CFO characteristics and ERP system adoption. Findings - The authors find that firms with externally recruited CFOs have adopted ERP systems significantly more often than firms with internally promoted CFOs. Surprisingly, the results indicate that firms with less educated CFOs more often adopted an ERP system, and that the relationship between CFO characteristics and ERP system adoption is not moderated by the CFO being responsible for IT. Research limitations/implications - This paper adds to the literature by corroborating case-based evidence that CFOs and their characteristics influence ERP system adoption. Extending previous research which indicates that CFO characteristics influence accounting practices, the authors show that CFO characteristics also influence technological innovation such as the adoption of ERP systems. Future research on technological innovation may therefore pay closer attention to the influence of CFOs. Originality/value - This paper is the first to quantitatively test the influence of CFO characteristics on ERP system adoption.

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  • Martin R.W. Hiebl & Bernhard Gärtner & Christine Duller, 2017. "Chief financial officer (CFO) characteristics and ERP system adoption," Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 13(1), pages 85-111, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:jaocpp:jaoc-10-2015-0078
    DOI: 10.1108/JAOC-10-2015-0078
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    1. Christine Weigel & Klaus Derfuss & Martin R. W. Hiebl, 2023. "Financial managers and organizational ambidexterity in the German Mittelstand: the moderating role of strategy involvement," Review of Managerial Science, Springer, vol. 17(2), pages 569-605, February.

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