Purpose

Given the huge investment and complexity of information technology, it is imperative that boards of directors fully play their important role in promoting firms' IT success. This study aims to investigate the effects of boards of directors' external ties on firms' IT success from the perspective of resource dependence theory.

Design/methodology/approach

According to the method of the matched sample comparison group, a total of 576 samples of listed enterprises in three periods were obtained.

Findings

Results show that both boards' political ties and boards' business ties have a positive impact on firms' IT success. Environmental uncertainty and the institutional environment play different roles in the relationships between two types of external ties and firms' IT success. Specifically, the results show that the institutional environment can regulate the influence of the political association of directors on firms' IT success negatively. In addition, environmental uncertainty regulates the influence of directors' political association on firms' IT success negatively, as well as the influence of directors' commercial association with firms' IT success.

Research limitations/implications

The external ties were measured by cross-sectional data. And the current study focused on two fundamental types of external ties.

Originality/value

Boards' external ties are studied from both political and business perspectives, and the effects of these two types of external ties on firms' IT success are compared. Additionally, the moderating effects of the institutional environment (macro level) and environmental uncertainty (micro level) in these relationships are investigated.

中文翻译：

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董事会外部联系对企业 IT 成功的影响

目的

鉴于信息技术的巨大投资和复杂性，董事会必须充分发挥其在促进企业信息技术成功方面的重要作用。本研究旨在从资源依赖理论的角度研究董事会外部联系对企业 IT 成功的影响。

设计/方法/方法

按照匹配样本对照组的方法，共获得三个时期的576家上市企业样本。

发现

结果表明，董事会的政治关系和董事会的业务关系对公司的 IT 成功都有积极的影响。环境不确定性和制度环境在两种类型的外部联系与企业 IT 成功之间的关系中扮演着不同的角色。具体而言，研究结果表明，制度环境可以消极地调节董事政治联盟对企业 IT 成功的影响。此外，环境不确定性对董事政治关联对企业IT成功的影响以及董事商业关联对企业IT成功的影响负向调节。

研究限制/影响

外部联系是通过横截面数据来衡量的。目前的研究集中在两种基本类型的外部关系上。

原创性/价值

从政治和商业角度研究董事会的外部联系，并比较这两种类型的外部联系对公司 IT 成功的影响。此外，研究了制度环境（宏观层面）和环境不确定性（微观层面）在这些关系中的调节作用。