Investigating the relationship between economic development and the return on investment of companies in information technology

Dissertation for receiving a master's degree in the field

Business Management

Abstract:

Research Objective: The purpose of this article is to examine the relationship between economic development and information technology. Today, the increasing growth of information technology and its impressive impact on increasing the productivity of public and private organizations worldwide has caused a global movement towards the use of different types of research. The variables of this research are economic development (per capita income, unemployment rate and productivity) and the use of information technology. The statistical population of the research is the employees of companies active in the stock market. The number of these employees is about 1000 people. Determining the sample size is also selected using the (Cochran) formula. The sample volume with an error level of 0.05 is equal to 385. In order to collect information, two questionnaires of economic development (15 questions) and information technology (10 questions) were used. Pearson's correlation coefficient test was used to test the research hypotheses.

Findings: According to the research results, there is a significant relationship between the use of information technology at the company level and per capita income. There is also a significant relationship between the use of information technology and the unemployment rate. And according to the results, it can be said that there is a significant relationship between the use of information technology in countries and productivity.

Conclusion: According to the results of the research, it can be said that the use of information technology reduces the use of human resources, and it is used more in countries with higher per capita income. Also, the use of information technology reduces waste of time and reduces costs and increases productivity. Keywords: information technology, productivity, efficiency, information technology, economic development. First chapter: "Research overview" Information technology is a key element in removing time and place restrictions, better access to information, and up-to-dateness. is In other words, technology has changed the way of doing things and made the platform that was based on paper become electronic platforms. The information technology of today's world has been expanded as a village. So that it is as if the current human has stepped into another world. During the last two decades of the 20th century, the three important innovations of fax, mobile phone and the Internet have shown that how the expansion of communication can have an impact on the creation of the production market and change people's ways of working and living. For example, if a person's height increases from 150 cm to 155 cm in one year, it is said that the height of that person has grown by 5 cm, or wheat production has increased from 10 million tons in the previous year to 11 million in the current year. Therefore, "the change in the amount of production of final goods and services produced in society in a certain period of time is called economic growth". (Rahmat Mirzaei, 2012)

Development is synonymous with the word Development and its appearance is high cultural level, relative prosperity and high standard of income for a huge majority of a society. In terms of the scientific concept of development, "it is a gradual transformation in the cultural, economic, social and political structure of society, which implies a spontaneous, continuous and comprehensive growth in production." (Collection of authors, 2012) Meir says in the definition of economic development: Economic development is a process during which the real per capita income increases in the long term (the growth rate of the real per capita income is higher than the population growth rate (Rahmat Mirzaei, 2013).

Today, the ever-increasing growth of information technology and its impressive impact on increasing the productivity of public and private organizations in the world, has caused the global movement towards the use of different types that the country We, information systems, especially the management information system, have faced many changes, successes, challenges and resistances in the country. Government organizations have used it as a good and effective management tool in the matter of decision-making, and more organizations have been deprived of its benefits in this process (Qazizadeh Fard, 2018).As a good managerial and effective tool in decision-making (MIS) and private organizations have used it a lot, and more organizations have not benefited from its benefits in this process (Qazizadeh Fard, 2018)

In this research, the aim is to focus on the variable of economic development at the national level among the many variables whose effect on the productivity paradox has been confirmed and to investigate which of its dimensions have the most relationship with the productivity paradox.

1-1 Statement of the problem

Economic development is economic growth along with fundamental changes in the economy and increasing production capacities, including physical, human and social capacities. In economic development, there will be a slight increase in production, but along with that, social institutions will also change. Economic development has two main goals: first, increasing the wealth and welfare of the people of the society (and eradicating poverty), and second, creating employment, both of which are in line with social justice. Economic development is viewed differently in developed and underdeveloped countries. In developed countries, the main goal is to increase people's well-being and facilities, while in backward countries, poverty eradication and increasing social justice are considered.

Poverty and weakness of information causes organizations and companies not only to not have a correct and complete picture of the future, but also to not even be able to know the strengths and weaknesses of the organization's past and current status correctly and completely. As a result, they cannot set goals correctly, nor are they able to design appropriate activities for these organizations, and as a result, the organization's resources will not be used optimally. Despite the vast investments in the field of information technology, for various reasons, there is no accurate information about the results of these investments, but the evidence shows that failure in these investments is more common than success in them, and the expected efficiency and effectiveness of investments in this field have not been achieved at the organizational and national level. (Edward, 2002)

Development indicators are usually defined by the progress of education, increase in per capita income, life expectancy, public health, poverty alleviation and access to public services. (Salimi Far, 1382). In this research, three indicators of productivity and unemployment rate and per capita income have been investigated as indicators of economic development. According to the contents that have been stated, the need to investigate the relationship between economic development and the use of information technology in economic enterprises is determined. 1-2 Research Objectives The main objective: to investigate the relationship between the economic development of the country and the extent of the use of information technology by economic enterprises. Information.

Investigation of the relationship between the increase in unemployment in the country and the amount of use of information technology by economic enterprises.

Investigation of the relationship between the increase in the productivity of the country and the amount of use of information technology by economic enterprises. Information technology is there a meaningful connection? »

1-3-2 sub-questions

Is there a significant relationship between the increase in the country's income and the amount of use of information technology by economic enterprises?

Is there a significant relationship between the increase in the country's unemployment rate and the amount of use of information technology by economic enterprises?

Is there a significant relationship between the increase in the country's productivity and the amount of use of information technology by economic enterprises?

1-4 Assumptions Research

Main hypothesis:

There is a significant relationship between the economic development of the country and the amount of use of information technology by economic enterprises.

Sub-hypotheses:

There is a significant relationship between the increase in the per capita income of the country and the amount of use of information technology by economic enterprises.

There is a significant relationship between the increase in the unemployment rate of the country and the amount of use of information technology by economic enterprises.

Between the increase in productivity and the amount of use of information technology by economic enterprises.

1-5 research methods

This research can be considered as a descriptive research in terms of its practical purpose and based on how to obtain the desired data, and because the desired data is done through sampling from the community, to check the distribution of the characteristics of the statistical community, this research is carried out from the survey branch [1].