Motivation for Information Technology Investment in Taiwan’s Financial Services Industry: Using ICSC Data

• Main Authors: Tseng,Chun-Feng, 曾峻峰
• Other Authors: Lin,Jwu-Rong
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/w3ghht

碩士 === 東海大學 === 高階經營管理碩士在職專班 === 101 === This research analyzes data from Taiwan’s industry, Commerce, and Service Census in 2006 and assesses motivation for three types of information technology (IT) investment in Taiwan’s financial industry. The binary and order choices regression models are applied to estimate major determinants for such motivation. Empirical findings are as follows. (1) Among 9904 firms included in the effective sample, 80.65%, 74.37%, and 34.81% respectively invest in network equipment (IT1), management information system (IT2), and internet-based operation information (IT3), showing a high level of investment motivation. The insurance sector, followed by the securities and intermediaries, has the highest level of motivation. (2) Regression results suggest complementarity between motivation in research and development and motivation in IT investment. In particular, insurance firms with the greater monopoly power, larger operation scale, higher capital intensity, and more diversified show a higher probability to investment in IT.