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An Upper Echelons Perspective On Information Technology Business Value

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  • López-Muñoz, José Fernando

    (Jaume I University (España))

  • Escribá-Esteve, Alejandro

    (Universidad de Valencia (España))

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This paper argues that information technology (IT) outcomes are more valuable to companies when their top management team (TMT) moves from flirting with IT to marriage. Previous research has demonstrated an association between top management support (TMS) and IT value. We extend the concept of TMS with the imbrication metaphor to define the construct of TMT-IT imbrication, which allows us to account for a tighter and continuous entwining of the TMT and IT to create IT value. Our definition of the TMT-IT imbrication construct embraces four dimensions: involvement, participation, attention, and use. In addition, with the support of upper echelons (UE) theory, we explore certain managerial traits, competences, and team processes that may be antecedents of this imbrication. As a result, our work provides a variance model and various propositions rooted in the logic of UE that contribute to research on IT business value. / 0

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  • López-Muñoz, José Fernando & Escribá-Esteve, Alejandro, 2017. "An Upper Echelons Perspective On Information Technology Business Value," European Research on Management and Business Economics (ERMBE), Academia Europea de Dirección y Economía de la Empresa (AEDEM), vol. 23(3), pages 173-181.
    • Handle: RePEc:idi:jermbe:v:23:y:2017:i:3:p:173-181
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    Keywords

    IT value; Top management support; Upper echelons; Imbrication; 0;
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    JEL classification:

    • M15 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - IT Management
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance

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