Title :
Profitability and information technology capital intensity in the insurance industry
Author :
Harris, Sidney E. ; Katz, Joseph L.
Author_Institution :
Claremont Grad. Sch., CA, USA
Abstract :
The relationship between profitability and information technology expenditures is studied in forty insurance companies that are considered systems technology leaders. The results show that the most profitable firms are more likely to spend a significantly higher proportion of their noninterest operating expense on information technology than the least profitable firms. The odds are found to be very high, at least 97%, that the most profitable firms will not rank in the lowest quartile in terms of information technology capital intensity
Keywords :
insurance data processing; management information systems; information technology capital intensity; information technology expenditures; insurance companies; insurance industry; profitability; systems technology leaders; Companies; Databases; Industrial economics; Industrial relations; Information technology; Insurance; Investments; Potential well; Profitability; Technology management;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 1988. Vol.IV. Applications Track., Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kailua-Kona, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0844-7
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1988.11971
