Does the regional environment matter in ERP system adoption? Evidence from Russia
Journal of Enterprise Information Management
ISSN: 1741-0398
Article publication date: 21 October 2022
Issue publication date: 7 March 2023
Abstract
Purpose
This paper explores the effect the regional technological environment has on technology-driven performance, measured by enterprise resource planning (ERP).
Design/methodology/approach
This study specifies a productivity-based production function driven by ERP system adoption. Employing a quasi-experimental research design, the author disentangles two effects – the average effect of ERP adoption and the moderation effect of the regional technological environment. The novelty of this study is that it merges publicly available information retrieved via text-mining tools and official financial reports published by companies.
Findings
The total effect of technology adoption on productivity varies from almost 3%–9% in different technological environments. Moreover, this study’s results revealed that the regional technological environment could enhance the effect of adopting different ERP systems.
Originality/value
While some papers investigate the relationship between ERP adoption and firm performance regarding the environmental context of a firm, the effect of the regional technological environment on the relationship between technology adoption and firm performance is understudied. Thus, this research tries to contribute to a deeper understanding of the regional context's impact on technology-driven performance. The authors used automated content analysis to collect data on technology adoption; by doing so, this study contributes to the growing body of research utilising the text-mining approach to extract data stored in Internet-based information sources.
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Acknowledgements
The author thanks the researchers of the IDLab (NRU Higher School of Economics–Perm Campus), the experts of the Russian Summer School on Institutional Analysis (NRU Higher School of Economics), and especially, the research supervisor Elena Shakina, for their useful comments and remarks during preparation and discussion of the paper. The author also thanks the assistants of the IDLab for their work on the creation of the database.
Funding: This study comprises research findings from the Project No. 18-18-00270 supported by the Russian Science Foundation.
Citation
Daviy, A. (2023), "Does the regional environment matter in ERP system adoption? Evidence from Russia", Journal of Enterprise Information Management, Vol. 36 No. 2, pp. 437-458. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEIM-11-2021-0488
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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