Introduction: Creating the Future Ready Firm -- :Four Pathways to Future Ready -- Pathway One: Industrialize first to... -- Pathway Two: Delight customers and... -- Pathway Three: Stairsteps to create incremental value -- Pathway Four: Create a new unit for... -- Leading the Transformation.

Using resource dependency theory (RDT), this research analyzes how organizations control their information technology resources to improve organizational performance. According to RDT, organizations must manage their dependency on external organizations and limit external dependencies when...

Information technology (IT) is essential to many businesses, but there are few guidelines for determiningthe adequate level of investment in IT. The purpose of this paper is to further understanding of themechanism of IT investment. Previous studies on IT investment are briefly presented. The...

Firms today invest enormous resources in information technology with the hope of gaining significant returnswhich will impact their performance. A growing body of research into the firm performance effects of IT investmenthas emerged and is sometimes referred to as IT business value research....