Predictors of MS/OR Application in Small Businesses

Paul Alpar and Sharon Reeves
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Paul Alpar: Department of Information and Decision Sciences, College of Business Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago, Box 802451 (M/C 294), Chicago, Illinois 60680-2451
Sharon Reeves: Department of Information and Decision Sciences, College of Business Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago

Interfaces, 1990, vol. 20, issue 2, 2-11

Abstract: Today, applying MS/OR methods usually requires the use of computers. A company may not be ready to implement MS/OR techniques unless it has allocated adequate resources to information systems and has basic transaction-oriented systems in place. We considered nine characteristics of firms and their information systems use as indicators of organizational readiness for MS/OR use. We analyzed survey data collected from 495 technology-oriented small businesses and found that the adoption of MS/OR techniques is more likely to occur if a firm uses information technology to support many of its basic transaction-oriented operations and has a large number of employees.

Keywords: professional: MS/OR implementation; information systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1990
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