Date of Award
Summer 8-2025
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Program/Concentration
Business Administration - Information Technology
Committee Director
Ling Li
Committee Director
Lan Cao
Committee Member
Kedong Chen
Committee Member
Jing He
Abstract
CIOs should be at the core of the organization. They play more and more critical roles in organizations. However, CIOs have not been paid enough attention in many firms. This can be partially observed in a lack of studies about CIOs, for instance, how CIOs influence the organizations, and how organizations' settings influence the CIOs. Technical initiatives or innovations may be the bridge between CIOs and firm performance. Different theories have been employed concerning CIOs, innovations, and firm performance. For instance, the resource-based view (RBV) has served as a theoretical foundation in related studies.
Drawing on RBV, attention-based view (ABV), business strategy, strategic alignment, and upper-echelon theory, this study investigates the impact of CIO presence, ideated digital innovation (IDI), commercialized digital innovation, business strategy: Miles and Snow’s Typology which is represented by a business strategy index, strategic ability, operating efficiency, and CIO tenure on firm performance. It attempts to fill the gap of the need for studies about CIOs in general, and fill the gap of the need for influences of firm-level internal factors such as business strategy, strategic ability, operating efficiency on these relations, and the need for studies about CIO tenure and CIO presence during major shock. A Commercialized Novel Digital Innovation (CNDI), which focuses on novelty, is proposed. This paper extends the literature about CIO tenure, CIO presence, and innovations by providing deep insights into the relations among CIO presence, CIO tenure, IDI, CNDI, firm performance, and firm-level internal factors, including firm business strategy, strategic ability, and operating efficiency. Statistical analysis, such as multiple regression and fixed effect methodology, is employed.
This paper has included two sections. The first section suggests that CIO presence is positively associated with firm performance (consistent with previous literature). Positive relationships between IDI and firm performance, CNDI and firm performance, and CIO presence and firm performance are confirmed. The moderating effects, including business strategy index, strategic ability, and operating efficiency, are partially supported. Section 2 finds that CIO presence and tenure play a positive role during major shocks. Three conclusions could be made. IDI, CNDI, and CIO presence benefit firm performance. Firm internal factors such as business strategy index, strategic ability, and operating efficiency could influence the relationships, e.g., between CIO presence and firm performance. At last, CIO presence and CIO tenure play critical roles in handling unexpected events.
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DOI
10.25777/790y-j762
ISBN
9798293844180
Recommended Citation
Li, Xuemei.
"The Effects of the Chief Information Officer’s Presence and Tenure on Financial Performance"
(2025). Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Dissertation, , Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/790y-j762
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/businessadministration_etds/156
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Title (Chinese): 首席信息官的存在和任期对公司财务性能的影响
Abstract (Chinese): 首席信息官（CIO）是公司的核心。他们在公司起着关键作用。然儿他们在许多公司并没有得到足够重视。这种现象可以体现在缺乏对首席信息官的研究上, 比如缺乏首席信息官怎样影响公司，和公司环境怎样影响首席信息官在公司的作用的研究。技术或创新可能是首席信息官和公司性能的桥梁。不同的理论, 比如Resource-based view(RBV), 曾应用于首席信息官，创新， 和公司性能的研究。这篇论文在RBV, attention-based view(ABV), business strategy, strategic alignment, and upper-echelon 理论基础上，调查首席信息官的存在, 创新，以Miles and Snow拓扑为代表的商业战略, 战略能力,运营效率, 和 首席信息官的任期对公司财务性能的影响。这篇论文旨在填补现有研究中关于首席信息官 的空白，以及在首席信息官的存在与财务的关系中，企业层面内部因素（如商业战略、战略能力和运营效率）影响的研究所存在的不足. 它还旨在填补有关 CIO 任期和存在在重大冲击事件中的研究空白. 本研究提出了一个侧重于新颖性的商业化新型数字创新 (CNDI) 的概念. 本文通过深入探讨 CIO 存在、CIO 任期，创新，企业绩效，以及企业层面内部因素（包括企业商业战略、战略能力和运营效率）之间的关系，扩展了关于 CIO 任期、CIO 存在和创新的现有文献. 研究中采用了统计分析方法，如多元回归和固定效应方法. 本文分为两个部分。第一部分提出，首席信息官 (CIO) 的存在与公司绩效呈正相关（与现有文献一致）。IDI、CNDI 和 CIO 存在与公司绩效之间的正向关系得到证实。调节效应，包括业务战略指数、战略能力和运营效率，得到部分支持。第二部分发现，在重大冲击期间，CIO 的存在和任期发挥着积极作用。可以得出三个结论：IDI、CNDI 和 CIO 的存在有利于公司绩效。企业内部因素，例如业务战略指数、战略能力和运营效率，可能会影响CIO 的存在与公司绩效之间的关系。最后，CIO 的存在和 CIO 的任期在处理意外事件中发挥着关键作用 。