Building on the Roztocki and Weistroffer (2009c) explanatory model, this study examines stock market reactions to announcements of information technology investments in Poland, an emerging market and transition economy. Based on 68 announcements by companies traded at the Warsaw Stock Exchange...

This paper presents a framework based on value chain analysis to evaluate investments for services. The rationale for this approach is that to properly evaluate the benefits of any services investments, the value and cost interactions resulting from different business processes or activities...

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play a vital role in gaining and maintaining competitive advantage. In this study, we analyze twenty-two papers presented at the First International Conference on ICT Management for Global Competitiveness and Economic Growth in Emerging Economies...

In this paper we assess the publication base and the research trends in information technology specifically in transition economies. A transition economy is an economy that is in the long-term process of moving from a centrally planned to a market driven system. Although information technology...

This study examines stock market reactions to announcements of information technology investments in three transition economies: Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia. Based on 95 investment announcements in the period 1998 to 2013, our study confirms some previously published results from a...

A change in the stock value of a company is an important indicator of firm performance. Event studies, which look at abnormal stock price reactions to specific events or happenings that may impact a business's operations, represent a relatively new but fast growing research approach in the...

Investments in information technology (IT) do not always result in the expected payoffs. The factors which determine the success of IT investments are not well understood. Event studies are one approach to appraising IT investments. In this paper we review major event studies on IT investments,...

Event studies, which look at stock market reactions to assess corporate business events, represent a relatively new research approach in the information systems field. In this paper we present a systematic review of thirty event studies related to information technology. After a brief discussion...

This study examines the stock market reaction to announcements of information technology (IT) investments by Russian firms. While several similar studies have been published in the context of highly developed economies like the USA, very few such studies have been conducted in transition...