Using structural equation modelling for investigating the impact of e-business on ICT and non-ICT assets, processes and business performance

Loukis, Euripidis N.; Soto‐Acosta, Pedro; Pazalos, Konstantinos

doi:10.1007/s12351-011-0110-x

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“…Meroño-Cerdan and Soto-Acosta (2007) obtain that external Web content (e-communication and e-transaction orientations) positively affects financial performance. More recently, Loukis et al (2013) conclude that the adoption of e-business strategy has a positive effect on business performance due to business processes adaptation, which may improve non-hierarchical decentralized coordination, specific technical and operational requirements, and the decentralization of individual employees' competences. In conclusion, although the majority of previous research has assessed the relationships between e-business by using subjective indicators of business value (Devaraj et al, 2007;Lucia-Palacios et al, 2014;Soto-Acosta and Meroño-Cerdan, 2008;Soto-Acosta et al, 2015;Tallon et al, 2000), the above research provided evidence that e-business also affects financial performance positively.…”

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“…Equally important is to analyze the effects of e-business use on the performance of SMEs. Firm performance in the e-business literature has been fundamentally measured by using subjective measures (Devaraj et al, 2007;Lucia-Palacios et al, 2014;Soto-Acosta and Meroño-Cerdan, 2008;Soto-Acosta et al, 2015;Tallon et al, 2000), with few works employing objective measures (Loukis et al, 2013;Soto-Acosta, 2005, 2007;Zhu, 2004). In addition, most of the studies have analyzed the direct relationship between ebusiness and firm performance, while very little work has been undertaken to identify variables that mediate this relationship.…”

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An investigation of the effect of electronic business on financial performance of Spanish manufacturing SMEs

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Pérez-González

2018

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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This paper aims to fill research gaps in the existing literature on the effect of electronic business on financial firm performance within the specific context of manufacturing Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). More specifi-cally, this research analyzes not only the direct effects of e-business on firm performance but also the mediating effect of organizational innovation the relationship. Building on the knowledge and resource-based views, the proposed research model and its associated hypotheses are tested by using partial least squares (PLS) structural equation modeling on a dataset of Spanish manufacturing SMEs. Results suggest that electronic business has a direct effect on financial performance and is positively associated to organizational innovation. In addition, results show that the relationship between electronic business and financial performance is mediated by organi-zational innovation.

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Section: E-business Use and Financial Performancementioning

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An investigation of the effect of electronic business on financial performance of Spanish manufacturing SMEs

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2018

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“…Prior research has commonly discussed relevant synergies from the right channel integration, including improved customer trust, improved customer awareness, consumer risk reduction, and coverage of diverse shopping preferences (Oh and Teo, 2010;Loukis et al, 2013):…”

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A strategy-based model for implementing channel integration in e-commerce

2015

Internet Research

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Purpose -The key to success in the internet business lies in how you carry out the integration between virtual and physical channels. The purpose of this paper is to aim at defining the solution to the integration. Design/methodology/approach -Channel coordination is grounded on a new governance of integration strategy which bridges the channels. This study proposes a novel research model with three stages: first, click-and-brick strategies; second, channel coordination for three purchase stages; and third, synergy realizations. A survey was conducted for collecting empirical data. PLS was used for path analysis. In total, three separate statistical analyses were performed for three defined integration strategies. Findings -Click-and-brick strategies have different degrees of impact on channel coordination in different purchase stages and in turn, different degrees of impact on synergy benefits. Specifically, the in-house division strategy is more important in determining channel coordination in the three purchase stages. Practical implications -Customers initially perceive online services with a nature of low trust and view them as highly risky. This integration is useful for a firm to successfully start a new online business. Further, it provides insight into allocating a firm's resources to critical multi-channel activities to realize synergy benefits. Originality/value -Multi-channel marketing is dynamic and complex in nature. Existing theories provide limited insight into effectively defining them. This study attempted to define a strategy-based implementation model. This model demonstrated the capability to effectively reduce the complexity of defining channel integration.

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“…Melville et al (2004) emphasized that the extension of ODC to RBV of the firm will be useful in understanding dynamic markets and that literature on inter-organizational relationships, transaction cost economics, and agency theory might also be useful for conceptualizing the value. Loukis et al (2013) brought out that: first, integration of the RBV and competitive strategy-based views may provide further understanding of contribution of IT to performance of the firm and suggested further research about IT processes firms use so as to support their core capabilities and their strategic moves; and second, processbased research (more qualitative in nature) is needed to understand the causal dynamics between IT management processes and performance. Yet again, this concept needs robust empirical studies to support the theory.…”

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“…Further, it allows detailed assessment of causal factors in the creation of ITBV (Gregor et al, 2006) and aids in offering stronger empirical evidence for causal relationships (Wang et al, 2012). Another significant research gap is that only a few articles suggested future research directions (like Melville et al, 2004;Hitt and Brynjolfsson, 1996;Loukis et al, 2013).…”

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Causality in information technology business value: a review

Daulatkar

Sangle

2015

Business Process Management Journal

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Purpose -Through a detailed review of Literature, the purpose of this paper is to provide insights into the state-of-the-art research about the process of information technology business value (ITBV) creation, a less-traversed direction in ITBV research, from the perspective of causality since a lack of causal reasoning may be disastrous for ITBV creation. Design/methodology/approach -With the help of eight keywords, ten databases were searched which fetched about 415 articles of which 22 were selected based on their relevance and proved as the base papers for classifying available literature. A further forward and reverse search fetched an additional 34 articles, resulting in a total of 56 articles which were reviewed in detail. Findings -The five main categories of literature which emerged are ITBV (General), ITBV benefits, mediating factors and synergy (which use of organization dynamic capability (ODC) as first stream of ITBV research), and IT-enabled organizational transformation (ITOT as second stream). ODC is fairly mature, however, ITOT will benefit from a further research. Research in the ITBV (General) category suggests the development of dynamic models as opposed to the prevalent static models of ITBV creation.Research limitations/implications -For the period 1990-2008, only the most important articles were included in the study and hence certain pre-2008 articles' view might have been overlooked. Practical implications -The literature review will give practitioners a perspective to look at specific areas in the context of their organization to develop capabilities which will lead to enhanced ITBV creation. Originality/value -This review focusses on ITBV creation and helps move toward building of a dynamic holistic model of ITBV creation by providing only a bird's eye view is provided of the most important articles from 1990 to 2008 but a comprehensive view of literature from 2008 to mid-2014.

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Using structural equation modelling for investigating the impact of e-business on ICT and non-ICT assets, processes and business performance

Cited by 10 publications

References 55 publications

An investigation of the effect of electronic business on financial performance of Spanish manufacturing SMEs

An investigation of the effect of electronic business on financial performance of Spanish manufacturing SMEs

A strategy-based model for implementing channel integration in e-commerce

Causality in information technology business value: a review

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