Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Discipline
Articles 1 - 2 of 2
Full-Text Articles in Entire DC Network
Organizational Speed As A Dynamic Capability: Toward A Holistic Perspective, Bernadine J. Dykes, Margaret Hughes-Morgan, Kalin Kolev, Walter J. Ferrier
Organizational Speed As A Dynamic Capability: Toward A Holistic Perspective, Bernadine J. Dykes, Margaret Hughes-Morgan, Kalin Kolev, Walter J. Ferrier
Management Faculty Research and Publications
Current research on organizational speed has been disjointed, which has left organizational speed as an underdeveloped area of study. In this essay, we expand the view of organizational speed as a multidimensional gestalt-like construct that may influence firm performance and competitive advantage. We offer a capability-based definition of organizational speed and identify and review the building blocks of organizational speed. We propose new avenues and questions for future research based on our perspective.
Does Information Technology Investment Influences Firm’S Market Value? The Case Of Non-Publicly Traded Healthcare Firms, Rajiv Kohli, Sarv Devaraj, Terence T. Ow
Does Information Technology Investment Influences Firm’S Market Value? The Case Of Non-Publicly Traded Healthcare Firms, Rajiv Kohli, Sarv Devaraj, Terence T. Ow
Management Faculty Research and Publications
Managers make informed information technology investment decisions when they are able to quantify how IT contributes to firm performance. While financial accounting measures inform IT’s influence on retrospective firm performance, senior managers expect evidence of how IT influences prospective measures such as the firm’s market value. We examine the efficacy of IT’s influence on firm value combined with measures of financial performance for non-publicly traded (NPT) hospitals that lack conventional market-based measures. We gathered actual sale transactions for NPT hospitals in the United States to derive the q ratio, a measure of market value. Our findings indicate that the influence …