...María N. Perez‐Arostegui; Jose Benitez‐Amado; Javier Tamayo‐Torres Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of information technology (IT) competence – composed of IT infrastructure, IT technical and managerial knowledge and the integration of IT strategy with firm strategy...

...Jeff Crawford; Lori N.K. Leonard; Kiku Jones Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the influence of an organization's human resource on its IT competence. The IT human resource is examined in terms of worker tenure and worker composition, and IT competence is defined in terms...

... in competence measurement and organization performance improvement. Theories are evaluated by empirically grounded study. Design/methodology/approach The tacit signal approach is linked to human pressure‐performance theory of inverted U‐curve, known as Yerkes‐Dodson law. Moreover, a new mental...

... solutions. Findings ERP adoption is significantly related to ERP complexity (positive), ERP compatibility (negative), IT competence (negative), and ERP sellers' marketing efforts (positive). For the ERP adopters that also use other software packages the following relationships were significant: ERP's...

... Competitive strategy Continuous improvement Total quality management Competences ABCM should be considered as the property of all employees. Cross‐functional teams must be used to gather information, identify major activities, develop action plans and evaluate performance. All employees must become...

... to increase the possibility of product innovations becoming industry standards. Many researchers have described strategic alliances as tools for capitalizing on core competencies (Hamel, 1994; Webster, 1992). A review of the literature suggests several specific motivations for forming strategic alliances...

...Tom Ridgman Looks at the importance of product development in business and considers why, with so much attention being directed to process improvement, the success rate is still so low. Contends that while there are critical competences and a convergence towards a “best” process the problems often...