Performance Measurement Information Systems: Do they Convey (Sustainable) Competitive Advantage?

Publication Type:
Conference Proceeding
Citation:
2015
Issue Date:
2015-10-01
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Performance management information systems (P MIS) have been a ‘hot topic’ for Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) for close to a decade. PMIS range from low-functionality spreadsheet-based solutions through to high- functionality business intelligence solutions. As yet, this area has no t yet received sufficient academic enquiry. Our research questions concern: what are PMIS functionalities, and whether and how do they contribute to competitive advantage? We conceptualize functionality as reflected by system usability and data multi-dimensionality. We exam ine functionalities of the two types of PMIS: performance planning systems (for budgeting and forecasting) and performance reporting systems (for reporting results information to ma nagement). We apply resource-based theory. We hypothesize mediation chains, in which the two PMIS functionality constructs link to competitive advantage, mediated by performan ce management capabilities and mediated by a resource-base of organizational culture. We use partial least squares path modelling using survey data collected from senior managers of 264 Austra lian firms. We find support for the hypotheses. We also unexpectedly find that the two types of PM IS functionality operate in sequential, rather than parallel, mediation. The findings have implications for CIOs, CFOs and other managers responsible for development of PMIS.
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