An exploration study on influential factors on information and communication technology

During the past few years, information and communication technology (ICT) has revolutionized banking industry in the world. People are now able to do their business banking activities such as bill payments, transfer funds, etc. through the art of ICT features such as automatic teller machines, inter...

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Main Authors: Naser Azad, Mehdi Nikanpour, Somayeh Hozouri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Growing Science 2014-01-01
Series:Decision Science Letters
Subjects:
ICT
Online Access:http://www.growingscience.com/dsl/Vol3/dsl_2013_44.pdf
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Summary:During the past few years, information and communication technology (ICT) has revolutionized banking industry in the world. People are now able to do their business banking activities such as bill payments, transfer funds, etc. through the art of ICT features such as automatic teller machines, internet or telephone banking services. This paper performs an empirical investigation to find important factors influencing ICT implementation in Iranian banking industry. The survey uses factor analysis to find important factors using a questionnaire consist of 26 variables. Cronbach alpha is calculated as 0.901, which validates the questionnaire. The survey detects six factors influencing ICT including efficiency approach, new advanced technological achievements, human resource management, service strategy, growth strategy and supporting systems.
ISSN:1929-5804
1929-5812