Impact of Information Technology Infrastructure on Innovation Performance: An Empirical Study on private Universities In Iraq

This study investigated the impact of information technology (IT) Infrastructure on Innovation performance as a critical issue in the Iraqi private Universities. The proposed design approach asked participants to respond to a self-reported questionnaire, five information technologies as the independent variable, and subjective measures of Innovation performance as the dependent variable. Factor analysis was performed to identify the banks' IT Infrastructure with Innovation performance to tested. The study population consisted of six private Universities in Iraq. From these, 75 academics of the faculty were chosen. The hypothesis to test variables of the study was absorbed in a questionnaire with Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 75% and was prepared based on a number of measures related to the subject of study. Ranges of methods were used to analysis statistical data, and the results were extracted using SPSS. The regression analysis results indicated a positive and statistically significant association between IT Infrastructure and innovation performance. Based on this, we recommend the academics in the universities to use IT as a strategic tool to enhance innovation performance and expand their empirical knowledge in the context of private universities in Iraq. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license