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| Author: | Walsh, G. Schubert, P. Jones, C. |
| Title: | Enterprise system investments for competitive advantage: An empirical study of Swiss SMEs |
| Journal: | European management review
2010 : VOL. 7:3, p. 180-189 |
| Index terms: | Switzerland small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) competitive advantage information technology investments |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper explores investments in enterprise software systems (hereafter as: e-s-s.) supporting business processes. More than 500 Swiss small and medium-sized enterprises' (SMEs) managers responded to a survey on the levels of their IT investment in e-s-s. and the investments' perceived utility. Using logistic and ordinary least squares regression, it is examined whether IT investments in two business processes affect SMEs' performance and competitive advantage. Using cluster analysis, developed is also a firm typology with four distinct groups differing in their investments in e-s-s. |
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