Relative Information Technology Index (RITI):IT Performance, Company Control and Governance Available to Purchase

Develops a new objective measure of the levels of investment/performance in information technology (IT) by companies from different industries. This measure, called the Relative Information Technology Index (RITI),is then utilized to examine the relationship between IT investment, on the one hand, and company′s control, governance and ownership structure on the other. The empirical results suggest meaningful relationships between IT investment/performance and management ownership and the ratio of outside to inside directors on the board.