Studies in IT: Capacity Utilization and Option Market Information

Zhang, Dawei

Studies in IT: Capacity Utilization and Option Market Information

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dc.contributor.advisor	Nault, Barrie
dc.contributor.author	Zhang, Dawei
dc.date.accessioned	2013-10-09T16:25:59Z
dc.date.available	2013-11-12T08:00:21Z
dc.date.issued	2013-10-09
dc.date.submitted	2013	en
dc.description.abstract	As Information Technology (IT) continues to be a major driving force for innovation, productivity, and economic growth, it is still crucial to understand how IT affects and transforms firms and industries - the benefits it creates as well as the risks it causes. This dissertation consists of three essays, and explores the nature and value of IT, as a production input, as an event that may contain informational content, and as an investment decision that can change firms' risk profiles. The first essay discusses IT's contribution to productive capacity - the maximum sustainable level of output that a production unit may achieve by increasing its short-run inputs to a limit. The second essay examines the informational nature of IT investment announcements - whether they provide new information to investors. The third essay investigates the risky nature of IT investment announcements - how they affect firm risk perceived by investors.	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Zhang, D. (2013). Studies in IT: Capacity Utilization and Option Market Information (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27910	en_US
dc.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/27910
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11023/1140
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher.faculty	Graduate Studies
dc.publisher.faculty	Haskayne School of Business
dc.publisher.institution	University of Calgary	en
dc.publisher.place	Calgary	en
dc.rights	University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subject	Education--Business
dc.subject.classification	Information Systmes	en_US
dc.title	Studies in IT: Capacity Utilization and Option Market Information
dc.type	doctoral thesis
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Calgary
thesis.degree.name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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