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However, whether IT adds value to organizations is an on going debating issue. Thus, thus it is worth of further investigation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>The paper employs multiple techniques \u2013 a regression, regression trees, and regression splines \u2013 and integrate the responses provided from each technique.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>While IT investments have a positive impact on productivity, the impact is conditional and is not uniform but depends on the amounts invested in other related areas, such as non\u2010IT labor, non\u2010IT capital, and\/or IT investments.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Practical implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>The IT impact on productivity can be maximized when investments in other related areas are considered together than when they are considered in isolation. Therefore, IT investment decisions should not be made without consideration of the levels of other investments within an organization to avoid any waste in additional investments in IT.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>While most previous studies have studied in terms of its existence or non\u2010existence of the IT impact, we investigate the conditions under which the IT impact would or would not exist. 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