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R&D productivity following first-time CIO appointments

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  • Khallaf, Ashraf
  • Skantz, Terrance R.

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Prior studies find that firms announcing the appointment of a new chief information officer (CIO) are rewarded by stock price increases, suggesting that the market expects new CIOs to add longterm value to the firm. In this paper, we examine whether first-time CIO appointments result in improved R&D productivity. We focus on R&D investments because one role of IT management is to aid in discovery and management of growth opportunities. Successful R&D activities are designed to create the type of knowledge-based, growth-critical assets (new or improved products, better distribution methods, etc.) that effective IT management would be expected to assist. After controlling for industry performance, we find that the productivity of R&D improves significantly after the appointment of a new CIO for appointments before 1999 (1997–1998) but not for appointments in later years (1999–2007), and that productivity improvements over the entire sample period occur for CIO appointments by firms with superior IT capabilities. Our results for R&D investments suggest that new CIOs improve the way IT is managed and improve their firms' approach to knowledge management.

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  • Khallaf, Ashraf & Skantz, Terrance R., 2015. "R&D productivity following first-time CIO appointments," International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, Elsevier, vol. 16(C), pages 55-72.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ijoais:v:16:y:2015:i:c:p:55-72
    DOI: 10.1016/j.accinf.2014.01.004
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