Despite the importance of information technology (IT) innovation in today’s digitalized world, little research attention has been paid to examining how firms can incentivize IT innovation. To fill this gap, the current study investigates the impact of managerial incentives provided to chief executive officers (CEOs) on IT innovation, measured by the number of IT patents. In particular, we examine the role of risk-taking incentives provided to CEOs, captured by the sensitivity of CEO wealth to stock return volatility (i.e., Vega). Vega can motivate CEOs to engage in risky IT innovation projects by aligning their wealth with firm-specific risk. In so doing, we focus on how CEOs’ IT-related human capital (i.e., IT education and IT experience) ...
Their interests tend to diverge in the later stages, write Haemin Dennis Park and Daniel Tzabba
Despite technological inventions being a key input to new product development, companies often strug...
While a wealth of research has suggested the increasing importance of software-driven innovation, pr...
Despite the importance of information technology (IT) innovation in today’s digitalized world, littl...
Despite the importance of IT innovation in the digitalized world, little research attention has been...
Despite the importance of IT innovation in the digitalized world, little research attention has been...
Abstract: CEOs and their management teams decide how much a firm will spend on IT. Though managers m...
As digitization plays an increasingly important role in business success, CEOs are increasingly resp...
This study examines the influence of disruptive technology on firm performance, which in turn explai...
This study examines how the risk-taking incentive of top executives drives the strategic risk-taking...
CEO compensation has increased dramatically in the last few decades, drawing increasing scrutiny fro...
Despite technological inventions being a key input to new product development, companies often strug...
This thesis empirically explored the impacts of IT investment on three different scenarios under the...
With C-level executives increasingly involved in shaping digital strategies, it is important for fir...
In this study I look at the effect of whether a higher portion of performance-based incentive in a C...
Their interests tend to diverge in the later stages, write Haemin Dennis Park and Daniel Tzabba
Despite technological inventions being a key input to new product development, companies often strug...
While a wealth of research has suggested the increasing importance of software-driven innovation, pr...
Despite the importance of information technology (IT) innovation in today’s digitalized world, littl...
Despite the importance of IT innovation in the digitalized world, little research attention has been...
Despite the importance of IT innovation in the digitalized world, little research attention has been...
Abstract: CEOs and their management teams decide how much a firm will spend on IT. Though managers m...
As digitization plays an increasingly important role in business success, CEOs are increasingly resp...
This study examines the influence of disruptive technology on firm performance, which in turn explai...
This study examines how the risk-taking incentive of top executives drives the strategic risk-taking...
CEO compensation has increased dramatically in the last few decades, drawing increasing scrutiny fro...
Despite technological inventions being a key input to new product development, companies often strug...
This thesis empirically explored the impacts of IT investment on three different scenarios under the...
With C-level executives increasingly involved in shaping digital strategies, it is important for fir...
In this study I look at the effect of whether a higher portion of performance-based incentive in a C...
Their interests tend to diverge in the later stages, write Haemin Dennis Park and Daniel Tzabba
Despite technological inventions being a key input to new product development, companies often strug...
While a wealth of research has suggested the increasing importance of software-driven innovation, pr...