IT Orientation, CIO reporting structure and Firm Performance: To Whom Should the CIO Report?

• Main Authors: BANKER, Rajiv, HU, Nan, Luftman, Jerry, Pavlou, Paul
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2004
• Subjects: Chief Information Officer (CIO); CIO Reporting Structure; Strategic Positioning; Porter’s Generic Strategies; Product/Service Differentiation; Cost Leadership; Firm Performance; Abnormal Stock Returns; Cash Flows from Operations; Chief Executive Officer (CEO); Chief Financial Officer (CFO); Computer Sciences; Management Information Systems
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/1115
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Almost 30 years after the introduction of the CIO position, the ideal CIO reporting structure (whether the CIO should report to the CEO or the CFO) is yet to be prescribed. There is an intuitive assumption among some proponents of IT that the CIO should always report to the CEO to promote the import...