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Also looked at were certain factors that could illustrate the relationship between IT use and firm growth and development.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>This paper presents findings and discusses these in terms of the degree of utilization of IT by insular firms, the development of external relationships and the importance of developing IT investment to reduce transaction costs within R\u00e9unionese enterprises. From this research, there is an assumption that the use of IT may have an impact on the growth and development of insular firms.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Research limitations\/implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>This research reported in this paper focused only on R\u00e9union Island and not on other insular contexts. 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