Article ID: | iaor1990364 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 20 |
Issue: | 2 |
Start Page Number: | 2 |
End Page Number: | 11 |
Publication Date: | Mar 1990 |
Journal: | Interfaces |
Authors: | Alpar Paul, Reeves Sharon |
Keywords: | information, systems |
Today, applying MS/OR methods usually requires the use of computers. A company may not be ready to implement MS/OR techniques unless it has allocated adequate resources to information systems and has basic transaction-orientated systems in place. We consider nine characteristics of firms and their information systems use as indicators of organizational readiness for MS/OR use. We analyzed survey data collected from 495 technology-oriented small businesses and found that the adoption of MS/OR techniques is more likely to occur if a firm uses information technology to support many of its basic transaction-oriented operations and has a large number of employees.