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The Relationship Among Organization Structure, Information Technology and Information Processing in Small Canadian Firms

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Abstract This study reports results obtained through a mail survey of 244 small business enterprises based in Québec. Using results from past research based on information‐processing and information systems theory, we distinguish between the provision of internal and external information. Analysis of the data shows that contrary to expectations, structural organicity interacts negatively with IT to explain the provision of internal information. The specific structural dimension that contributes to this interaction effect is horizontal differentiation. Both results suggest that increasing deployment of IT improves the provision of internal information more rapidly when horizontal differentiation is low. No such interaction effect was found to explain the provision of external information. Résumé Cette étude présente les résultats d'une enquěte portant sur 244 PME québécoises. Fondée sur les concepts de la théorie de la capacité informationnelle des entreprises et sur des hypothèses de recherche en systèmes d'information, cette étude établit une distinction entre la disponibilité de l'information interne et la disponibilité de l'information externe. L'analyse des données suggère que, contrairement à nos attentes, l'organicité structurelle des PME interagit avec les technologies de l'information pour expliquer la disponibilité de l'information du type interne. La dimension organique qui explique l'effet d'interaction est la différenciation horizontale. Nos résultats suggèrent par conséquent qu'une augmentation dans le déploiement des technologies de l'information accentue la disponibilité de l'information interne plus rapidement quand la différenciation horizontale est faible. Aucun effet d'interaction n'a pu ětre détecté pour expliquer la disponibilité de l'information du type externe.

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