IT Application Maturity, Management Institutional Capability and Process Management Capability

ThisarticlestudiestheinfluenceofenterprisecorecompetenceonITapplicationmaturity(ITAM) fromtheperspectivesofmanagementinstitutionalandprocessmanagementcapabilities.Theroles offirmownershipandinternationalorganizationofstandard(ISO)certificationsarealsostudied. Basedon reliableandvalidmeasurementsof ITapplicationsmaturity,management institutional capability, andprocessmanagement capability, the authors collect correspondingdata from123 companiesinChina.TheyfindapositiverelationshipbetweencapabilitiesandITAM.Management institutionalcapabilityhasastrongerrelationshipwithITAMinChinesestate-ownedenterprisesor publiccompanies;whilemultinationalcompaniesorjointventureswitnessastrongerrelationshipwith processmanagementcapability.ISOhelpscompanieswithlowmanagementinstitutionalcapability toimproveITAM.However,forcompanieswithhighermanagementinstitutionalcapability,ISO mitigatestherelationshipandposesashiftoftheimportancetoprocessmanagementcapabilityin improvingITAM. KEywORdS Higher Management, IT Application Maturity, Management Institutional Capability, Process Management Capability

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