Abstract
Our study investigates whether having directors with IT professional experiences on board impacts a firm’s IT investment growth and financial performance. We gather data from BoardEx, Compustat, and Harte-Hanks databases for S&P 1500 firms between 2011 and 2017. We include a rich set of controls and fixed effects in the analysis. We also employ a novel strategy to adjust for the remaining selection on unobservables. Our analysis shows that firms with tech-savvy directors have higher investment growth in different categories of IT including software, hardware, communication, and services. We also find these firms experience better performance measured by Tobin’s Q. The findings highlight the importance of board of directors in driving IT investment growth and firm performance.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 8 Jul 2023 |
| Event | 2023 Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2023): Navigating Digital Turbulence and Seizing New Possibilities - Shangri-La Hotel & Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang, China Duration: 8 Jul 2023 → 12 Jul 2023 https://pacis2023.aisconferences.org/ https://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2023/index.3.html |
Conference
| Conference | 2023 Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2023) |
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| Place | China |
| City | Nanchang |
| Period | 8/07/23 → 12/07/23 |
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Bibliographical note
Research Unit(s) information for this publication is provided by the author(s) concerned.Research Keywords
- Board of directors
- IT professional experiences
- IT investment
- firm performance