Global Information Technology Management and Organizational Analysis: Research Issues

Abstract

There are numerous studies in the management literature that analyze specific aspects of the implementation of information technology (IT) in organizations. Meanwhile, the global IT management area has emerged as a dynamic field of investigation of IT impact in a global environment. However, after reviewing the management /international business literature and the global IT literature, we detect the need to integrate the theoretical frameworks of both streams in order to advance in this field. As a result, we connect the areas of advance in IT general management with the main lines of research in global IT management. The synthesis of both fields allows us to suggest new areas of research that we discuss in the final section.