Information Systems Strategy and its Relationship With Innovation Differentiation and Organizational Performance

ABSTRACT

This study, from the resource-based view, analyzes the different typologies of information systems (IS) strategy and their effects on firms’ innovation differentiation strategy and performance. Distinguishing between innovative and conservative IS strategy, results from the Spanish food industry show that an innovative IS strategy has a stronger direct effect on organizational performance, but that a conservative IS strategy can be a safer way to support the innovation differentiation strategy of firms.

KEYWORDS:

• Information systems strategy
• innovation differentiation
• organizational performance
• resource-based view

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Notes on contributors

Carlos Devece

Carlos Devece (PhD in Business Administration, Universitat Jaume I) is an assistant professor of management at the Universitat Jaume I of Castellon (Spain). Previously, he was a consultant in an engineering firm. His current research interest includes organizational and cultural aspects of innovation and knowledge transfer. In addition, he made significant contributions to research projects, funded by government agencies and private companies, covering diverse topics such as design and development of knowledge management and competency management systems.

Daniel Palacios-Marqués

Daniel Palacios-Marques is professor of Management at the Technical University of Valencia, Spain. He published articles in journals such as Tourism Management, Annals of Tourism Research, Small Business Economics, Management Decision, International Journal of Technology Management, Cornell Quarterly Management, Services Industries Journal, Service Business, International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Journal of Knowledge Management, Journal of Intellectual Capital, International Journal of Innovation Management, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Human Resource Management, International Journal of Project Management, Technological and Economic Development of Economy, and Journal of Organizational Change Management. He is a full editor of Journal of Innovation and Knowledge (Elsevier).

Miguel-Ángel Galindo-Martín

Miguel-Ángel Galindo Martín (Madrid, 1960) received his PhD on Applied Economics at Complutense University. Since 2002, he is a professor of Applied Economics (Political Economic) at University of Castilla-La Mancha; and since 2006, he has been Head of Department (Economic Policy and Public Finance, Statistics and Political Economy) until his appointment as Deputy Director for Evaluations of Programmes and Institutions at Agencia Nacional de Evaluación de la Calidad y Acreditación (ANECA). He developed an extensive research activity, with these being his main research areas: economic policy, economic growth, entrepreneurship, and history of economic thought. He published more than 20 books internationally and in Spanish well-known publishing editoriala, and more than 100 articles.

Carlos Llopis-Albert

Carlos Llopis-Albert is an adjunct professor at the Universitat Politècnica de Valencia (Spain), where he received an MSc and a PhD degree in industrial engineering with an extraordinary award. He published many papers in journals with high impact factor, books, and conference proceedings. He is on the editorial board of several journals and serves as an Editor-in-Chief of the Multidisciplinary Journal for Education, Social and Technological Sciences. He participated in several scientific committees, international projects, and serves as a reviewer in a wide range of journals. He is currently interested in mathematical modeling, decision making, and uncertainty.