Influence of Ownership and Management on IT Investment in Indian Family Firms

Several questions relevant to IT investments by family firms remain unanswered, such as, how family ownership influences a firm's IT investment and how the management type, including family management and professional management, further influences the family ownership and IT investment relationship. This study proposes several testable hypotheses, that can be investigated with data. A set of preliminary analysis using family firms' data from India suggest that family ownership is negatively related to IT investment. Furthermore, family management and professional management controls have different moderating effects on family ownership and IT investment relationship.