Impact of information technology on innovation in determining firm performance

Indiran Poobalan Naidoo and Muhammad Hoque

African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 2018, vol. 10, issue 6, 643-653

Abstract: The aim of this study is to investigate the strategic relevance of Information Technology (IT). The study used resource-based theory to test if IT was a competitive resource, by examining the role it played between the constructs of innovation capability and firm performance. A cross-sectional study was conducted amongst 292 employees at the Hillside Aluminium Smelter in Richards Bay, South Africa. The results showed that a statistically strong positive relationship exists between innovation and firm performance (r = 0.616, p

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/20421338.2018.1496615

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