IT Investment Efficiency Analysis of Equipment Manufacturing Industry Based on Two-stage Nonparametric Model

Author

Guo, Wei ; Zhao, Nan ; Shao, Hongyu

Author_Institution

Sch. of Mech. Eng., Tianjin Univ., Tianjin, China

Volume

2

fYear

2010

fDate

6-7 March 2010

Firstpage

21

Lastpage

24

Abstract

This paper presents a DEA-MARS two-stage nonparametric model. It measures the distribution of the efficiency of the Information Technology (IT) investment in the equipment manufacturing industry and identifies the key factors that influence the efficiency of the IT investment. The measurement shows that there is comparatively large difference in the investment efficiency. The empirical research indicates that the Enterprise Scale, IT Strategy, and the interaction between the IT Training and the Application of Information System are the key factors that influence the input efficiency.

Keywords

Computer aided manufacturing; Industrial training; Information systems; Information technology; Investments; Manufacturing industries; Mars; Mathematical model; Mechanical engineering; Performance gain; IT investment; equipment manufacturing; multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS); supper efficiency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Challenges in Environmental Science and Computer Engineering (CESCE), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan, China

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3972-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5924-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CESCE.2010.144

Filename

5493215