This study examines the cross-sectional financial performance among firms from the global information and communication technology (ICT) sector over the period 1998-2007. Using a pooled linear regression, the results show that U.S.-based ICT companies are on average underperforming the rest of...

A characteristic of the information age is the dramatic increase in expenditures by organizations on information technology (IT). As a result of these investments, managers generally anticipate productivity gains, which are commensurate with the costs of IT. However, several empirical studies in...

Our objective in this paper is to develop a firm value model to assist IT managers and researchers in understanding the multiple effects that IT investments have on firm value. This firm value approach adds to the process-oriented approach through simultaneous evaluation of all of the factors...