The Impact of Social Information System Governance, Utilization and Capabilities on Absorptive Capacity and Innovation : A Case of Austrian SMEs

Limaj, Everist, Bernroider, Edward and Choudrie, Jyoti (2016) The Impact of Social Information System Governance, Utilization and Capabilities on Absorptive Capacity and Innovation : A Case of Austrian SMEs. Information & Management, 53 (3). pp. 380-397. ISSN 0378-7206
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The study aims to understand the influence of social information systems (SIS) on absorptive capacity (AC) and innovation in Austrian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). For this purpose, a framework was developed and empirically tested using a nationwide, mixed-mode survey on a random sample of 138 SMEs of knowledge-intensive industries. The results show that the backbone of SIS utilization is SIS governance. SIS capabilities mediate the positive effects of SIS utilization on AC components, which build on each other and mediate the positive effects of SIS capabilities on innovation. Our findings provide a number of useful implications for research and industry.
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Additional information This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of the following article: E Limaj, E W N Bernroider, and J Choudrie, 'The impact of social information system governance, utilization, and capabilities on absortive capacity and innovation: a case of Austrian SMEs', Information & Management, Vol 53(3): 380-397, April 2016, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2015.12.003. This manuscript version is made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License CC BY NC-ND 4.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.
Keywords social information systems; absorptive capacity; innovation; dynamic capabilities; empirical survey
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